Thursday, April 4, 2002
Thomas Solomos v. Sheriff Ken Jenne

no. 01-510

Broward County


Starting in 1996, Jenne began collecting fees from county jail inmates as part of a program to partially recoup costs of their incarceration. The fees were a one-time $10 assessment to help pay for uniforms and a daily $2 fee to help pay for subsistence. Inmates sued and argued that the fees were unconstitutional. The trial court ruled against them, and the Fourth District Court affirmed.