Press Release March 14, 2014 MIRIAM WANTS NAPOLES TO "PAY-FOR-STAY" Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said that as a detention prisoner, Janet Napoles should observe a "pay-for-stay" program, so that the Philippine National Police can stop using public funds for her monthly expenses amounting to P150,000. Santiago said that Napoles is given special treatment, as compared to the 70,000 detention prisoners in the country, as follows:
Santiago said that President Aquino should save public funds by compelling a detention prisoner like Napoles to make a choice between ordinary stay in jail at government expense, or stay in an enhanced facility at the prisoner's own expense. In the United States, this is called the "pay-for-stay" program. Santiago said that American courts have upheld "pay-for-stay" programs in such states as Texas, California, New York, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. She said the most famous of the "pay-for-stay" American decision is the 2000 case of Tillman v. Correctional Facility, decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals. The senator said that in the Tillman case, the court made the following rulings in constitutional law:
After analyzing the Tillman decision, Santiago said that even if the prisoner's constitutional rights may have been violated by the "pay-for-stay" program, still the court implied that the violation was outweighed by the state's interest in "sparing the taxpayers the cost of imprisonment." |
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