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Bookmark or Share- Debtors’ Prisons, Then and Now: FAQ | The Marshall ProjectFrom the late 1600s to the early 1800s 2, many cities and states operated actual “debtors’ prisons,” brick-and-mortar facilities that were designed explicitly and exclusively for jailing negligent borrowers – some of whom owed no more than 60 cents.
- The Shackles Return: Why Debtors’ Prisons Are ... - Prison Legal NewsThe debtors’ prison is an old, decrepit institution that many thought was abolished in the 19th century, something little more than a relic of the past. This is a problematic view for two reasons. One, debtors’ prisons are rarely explored in the classroom or the larger society.
- Debtors prison: ACLU targets cities that jail people too poor to pay ...Continue for mini-profiles of debtors' prisoners, complete with photos, and the ACLU's letter to one city that allegedly jails people unable to pay fines.
- In For a Penny: The Rise of America's New Debtors' PrisonsThis ACLU report presents the results of a yearlong investigation into modern-day "debtors' prisons," and shows that poor defendants are being jailed at increasingly alarming rates for failing to pay legal debts they can never hope to afford.
- Debtors' prison - WikipediaThe 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta. A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt.Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses) were a common way to deal with unpaid debt in Western Europe. [1] Destitute people who were unable to pay a court-ordered ...
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