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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 [3] discusses on Morning Edition.
Links:
[1] http://www.brennancenter.org/print/11736
[2] http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/audio/20140520_me_unpaid_court_fees_can_land_you_in_a_21st_century_debtors_prison.mp3
[3] http://www.brennancenter.org/expert/lauren-brooke-eisen
[4] http://www.brennancenter.org/issues/justice-all
[5] http://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ending-mass-incarceration
[6] http://www.brennancenter.org/issues/closing-justice-gap