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Andrew Malkinson: why cleared inmates have to pay back prisons from compensation

Cost of ‘bed and board’ in jail may be deducted from payouts for wrongful imprisonments

Critics are joining Andrew Malkinson in calling for an end to rules under which prison living costs are deducted from compensation payouts for wrongful convictions. 

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