New Orleans It seems almost incredible to say that anything good could come from a spokesperson from Ferguson, Missouri or for that matter the State of Missouri when it comes to criminal justice issues, but this may be proof that in fact the sun does shine on old dogs every once in a while. But, …
Tag: debtors prison
Local Jails are the Modern Debtors’ Prison
New Orleans The Vera Institute for Justice based in New York and operating for more than 50 years all around the United States and in some other countries released a report entitled Incarceration’s Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America. The title is its own thumbnail summary. The bottom line being that too many …
Modern American Debtors’ Prisons
New Orleans Lord please help the poor, because in America these days it has become a crime to be poor! Local jails are becoming debtors prisons thanks to the fact that local courts, where justice is rumored rather than meted out it seems, in many areas have outsourced fines and fees leaving people with a …
Courts Become Gateway to Debtors Prison
New Orleans A harrowing article in the Wall Street Journal documented the success that bottom fishing debt collection agencies are having at ripping the last pennies from working families being crushed in court over relatively small claims. I wish this were news, but of course the story is all too familiar. The big debt predator …