News
for Immediate Release
Oct.
9, 2013
Parolees
May Now Pay Supervision Fees Online Through PAePay
Supervision Fees Help Offset Operational
Costs, Reduce Taxpayers’ Burden
Harrisburg
– Chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole Michael C. Potteiger today
announced that parolees may now pay their monthly supervision fee online via
the state judiciary’s website.
“We are pleased to partner with the courts
to provide easy access for parolees to pay their state supervision fee through
the courts’ online payment feature, known as ‘PAePay,’
” said Potteiger. “This is another example, under Governor Corbett’s
leadership, of how state agencies are using technology for the benefit of the
taxpayers.”
The monthly supervision fee helps to cover
the operational expenses related to a parole agent’s duties, such as equipment,
office space and vehicles, and it reduces the burden on taxpayers.
“It is important that we hold offenders
accountable to meet their financial obligations, and this system provides
another option to do so,” Potteiger said.
The Administrative Office of the
Pennsylvania Courts began PAePay in 2010 and
since then it has increasingly become a popular method of payment for
defendants who annually pay more than $460 million in court-ordered fines, fees,
costs and restitution. Through an agreement with the AOPC, the board
will provide files with updated financial obligation information to AOPC on a
daily basis, and the board will be responsible for responding to all customer
service issues and inquiries.
Parolees may use the web-based system to
check their current balance and to make a payment using a search by their
parole number or name. If they have questions about what they owe, they should
contact their parole agent.
Payments may be made using a
Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express credit or debit card, or by ATM
card only. A fee of $2.75 is charged per transaction.
For more information about PAePay, visit http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/.
For more information about the Parole Board, visit www.pbpp.state.pa.us.
Media contact: Sherry
Tate, 717-231-4411
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