The Return of Debtor's Prisons: Thousands of Americans Jailed for Not Paying Their Bills
Marie Diamond, ThinkProgress: "More than a third of all states now allow borrowers who don't pay their bills to be jailed, even when debtor's prisons have been explicitly banned by state constitutions. A report by the American Civil Liberties Union found that people were imprisoned even when the cost of doing so exceeded the amount of debt they owed."
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