People v. Tookes

OPINION OF THE COURT

Daniel P. Conviser, J.

Legal decisions which expand or contract fundamental constitutional rights often receive significant attention. But the offenders who are consigned to our correctional institutions also have more prosaic concerns. At issue here are claims by two inmates that the mandatory surcharges and fees which were imposed on them at sentencing have prevented them from obtaining necessary extra soap, deodorant, toothpaste, other hygiene products and additional commissary items they need.1 They ask here for this court to defer the payment of these surcharges and…