Other places call that "civil Restitution." Basically you are paying for other poeple that have gotten away with shoplifting...well thats what i was told. Here is my story...

Sad. In 8th grade my friends got caught shoplifting by an Undercover cop in Six Flags Great America, and i was with their group, so i got searched...

I bought a necklace, and stole a freaking RING...7 dollar ring n shit from one of the shops. Had no proof of a receipt for the ring...coulda just said i threw away the receipt. But the cop knew he could scare the shit outta us, and told us HE WOULD FIND OUT.

WHich was a lie...cuz there are about 100 little stores/booths that sell the same shit! THere is no effin way they coulda found out. But whatever, i was so young i didn't know, so i pussied out, and admitted to stealing it.

They charged me 250 bucks for "civil restitution" and i was banned from Great America for a year and one day . Wow life story...womp womp....sad don't hold it against me everyone. LoL.

Haven't stolen since then tho!