As in insurance cases settled in court, shouldn’t the person jailed incorrectly have to pay his room and board like hospitalized accident patients have to pay with insurance settlements?
What do you figure is the going rate to rent perhaps half of an eight-by-eight room with no windows, a free-standing toilet, and a door that is more-or-less permanently locked? Shall we add in the free health care that consists of conjugal visits by an HIV-positive cell-mate?
I think any imputed value one might attach to the circumstances of the imprisonment would be vanishingly small and could be ignored without substantially changing the award.