Beatty v. Lamont

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT TERESA BEATTY et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:22-cv-380 (JAM) WILLIAM TONG, Attorney General, Defendant. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS Connecticut is one of many States that have what is known as a prisoner “pay to stay” law. The law creates a claim that the State may enforce against a prisoner for some or all of the costs of imprisonment. See

Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 18

-85a to -85c.1 Pay-to-stay laws have proved controversial. On the one hand, proponents argue that they appropriately shift the costs of imprisonment to criminals who have chosen…