One more thing, debtors' prisons take a private debt, and then compound it with public spending. Prisons aren't cheap. They get outsourced. And then private

One more thing, debtors' prisons take a private debt, and then compound it with public spending. Prisons aren't cheap. They get outsourced. And then private debt becomes a vehicle for private profit (at taxpayer expense). Follow the money. P.S. I didn't actually RTFA, yet. The contemporary resurgence of support for "debtors' prisons" and the like, pushes my buttons. As well, letting Wall Street and kin off the hook while foreclosing on (and, per the previous, maybe locking up) some of their suckers.