They served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.
Hundreds of Connecticut residents are facing state-imposed fees for the time they spent in prison. The state uses a law to seize money from former inmates to cover incarceration costs.
Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison.
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