Hi Eugene. With all due respect, in Hawaii, we spend $140 per inmate per day -- $51,100 per inmate per year. That's more than a lot of people earn in a year. In 2010, we had 7400 (5900 state, 1400 federal) people locked up. When we do the math, we realize that it may be wiser for us to waive fees than to keep some folks in jail. When we look at the big picture, the message is clear: prison is a costly and often ineffective solution to the problem of crime rates associated with poverty. We have to be smarter about how we spend our limited resources. For folks like Ishiki, a less costlier, more humane, and more effective solution might have been adequate housing, health care, and access to job opportunities.