NPR: 21st Century Debtors’ Prisons
May 20, 2014
Even though debtors’ prisons were outlawed before the Civil War, people are still being jailed in the United States for unpaid court fines and fees. Lauren-Brooke Eisen discusses on Morning Edition.
Even though debtors’ prisons were outlawed before the Civil War, people are still being jailed in the United States for unpaid court fines and fees. Lauren-Brooke Eisen discusses on Morning Edition.