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Office of the Associate Attorney General.
The date of April 20, 2023.
Dear Colleague:
The U.S. Department of Justice (Department) is committed to working with state and local courts and juvenile justice agencies to ensure that their assessment of fines and fees is constitutional and non-discriminatory.
To advance that goal, the Department has revised and updated a letter it previously issued in 2016 that focused on the assessment of fines and fees against adults, as well as a 2017 advisory addressing the assessment of fines and fees against juveniles.
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