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People in other states who are imprisoned for inability to pay child support, etc. are released at the end of a finite sentence; they are not held indefinitely
by teachrdan 7y ago
People in other states who are imprisoned for inability to pay child support, etc. are released at the end of a finite sentence; they are not held indefinitely until they pay off an ever-increasing debt to the state at a low wage job. That's what defines debtors prisons.
- catalogia 7y agoOne is certainly more severe than the other, but in either case if people are getting imprisoned over debts, it seems like a pretty shitty situation. Do you disagree?
- BubRoss 7y agoThat's not what this article is about. It's about "How the state’s “restitution program” forces poor people to work off small debts."
- peteretep 7y agoIt’s disappointing to see factual comments like this downvoted