Inhumanity Illinois Seeks to Seize Prisoner's Wages
Illinois Seeks to Seize Prisoner's Wages
Saturday, 19 March 2011 08:31
Posted by David Icke
'Kensley Hawkins is a deadbeat, according to the state of Illinois. He owes $455,203.14 to cover the costs of his stay at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet. Hawkins has been in prison since Nov. 19, 1982. His jailer is also his debt collector.
Hawkins is fighting in court to stop the state from seizing about $11,000 in his bank account to partially satisfy the debt. The 60-year-old earned the money by working while he's been behind bars, making about $75 a month.'
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