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Lawsuit challenges 'custom' of jailing people for being poor

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Lawsuit challenges 'custom' of jailing people for being poor

Lawrence County sobriety program jails people who can't pay for monitoring, lawsuit alleges

Jonathan Ellis
Jun 18, 2023
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When John Sitar showed up at the Lawrence County Jail on March 15, he had a problem.

Sitar was a participant in the county’s 24/7 sobriety program. As part of the program, he was required to replace a testing patch that monitored for illegal substances every two weeks. Each patch costs $50.

When he didn’t have $50 to get a new patch, Sitar was thrown in jail.

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