@laohai_mei4: #KnowYourRights #police #LAPD #NYPD #camer

Jadence2025 :

Taxpayer Funding for Probation Facilities Probation facilities receive funding from federal, state, and local governments. Taxpayers cover these costs through budgets. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports combined corrections expenditures, including probation, at $80.7 billion in 2012, with updates showing annual growth. States like California allocate $14.5 billion yearly to corrections, encompassing probation supervision at $3.75 per person per day. Vera Institute studies find total taxpayer costs 13.9 percent higher than reported budgets, reaching $39 billion across 40 states. Private probation firms in some areas, like Georgia, still draw indirect taxpayer support through contracts. Nationally, probation failures cost over $9 billion yearly in revocations to prison. Public Access and Filming Rights Probation facilities qualify as government buildings open to the public during business hours. Auditors, journalists, and citizens hold a First Amendment right to film in publicly accessible areas, such as lobbies and waiting rooms, where no reasonable expectation of privacy exists. Federal courts in nine circuits affirm this right to record public officials in public spaces, including exteriors and open interiors. Limitations apply in secure or restricted zones, like juvenile or mental health sections, but not general public areas. DHS and GSA policies align, allowing recording unless it interferes with operations. Officers cannot demand deletion or arrest solely for filming; violations lead to § 1983 lawsuits.