Debtors' Prisons

A City Near Ferguson Is Still Caging Humans In A 'Grotesque' Debtors' Prison, Lawsuit Charges
Lawsuit alleges the city of Florissant was running a "modern debtors' prison scheme" and locking the poor in jail over minor municipal code violations.
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An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To 'Debtors' Prison' Over A Few Bounced Checks
The court system in the town of Sherwood is destroying the lives of poor people, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
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