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Why is that so shocking? About 15% of prisoners are there for debt.
by jkot 11y ago
Why is that so shocking? About 15% of prisoners are there for debt.
- deckar01 11y agoThe person in this story was arrested and taken to court, not incarcerated or jailed.
- JBReefer 11y agoCalling nonpayment of fines "debt" is disingenuous to the point of propaganda.
- 50CNT 11y agoDoesn't the US have an issue with certain edge cases of fines becoming recursive without terminating? http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/sentenced-debt-some-tossed-prison-over-unpaid-fines-v18380470 http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/sentenced-debt... Whilst this case may not be like that, it's still quite worrisome that these kinds of things happen to people.
- rm_-rf_slash 11y ago"Accounts payable" doesn't have quite the same ring to it. But it doesn't change what it is. If you owe someone something, that's a debt, regardless of whether it was an unpaid fine or a financial loan.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoCalling all fines as fines, ignoring the origin of them, is also disingenuous to the point of propaganda. Also, the core problem of debtors prison applies in the case of fines (how can you pay while you are in jail/prison).
- brianwawok 11y agocitation required
- dmckeon 11y agoLa majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain. In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France
- sdbryan 11y agoI can't find the source for this quote but it may be apropos: It isn't against the law to be poor, but it may as well be.