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This article is not about her. It's about the government of Harpersville, Alabama and their de facto debtor's prison system. It's immaterial what she did beca
by agwa 13y ago
This article is not about her. It's about the government of Harpersville, Alabama and their de facto debtor's prison system. It's immaterial what she did because nothing excuses throwing someone in jail indefinitely for not paying a fine they can't afford, driving up their debts by charging them for every day they spend in jail, denying them due process, etc.
- delinka 13y agoThen it's a shame that the author led with this particular woman. My opinion on the "debtor's prison" subject is that non-payment of fines should never result in jail time. Other punishments perhaps (revocation of license, liens against property, etc), but never jail time. Nor should interest and penalties be permitted to eternally inflate those original fines. And the privatization angle ... these companies need to be heavily regulated. I could go on and on about that one...
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