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A struggling dad was kidnapped and caged because he was unable to pay a $1,941 bill, payable to the government of Philadelphia.
Read More »Struggling Dad Sent to Prison For Being Unable to Pay $1,941 Bill to the Gov’t
Single Mother of Three Arrested, Thrown in Jail—Over Unpaid Medical Bill
A single mother of three was unable to pay an ambulance bill from 2014, so police kidnapped her and threw her in a cage.
Read More »Thousands of Innocent People Being Rounded Up & Jailed for Being Unable to Pay PRIVATE Debts
In a highly illegal practice, breaking several national and state laws against jailing people over private debts, thousands of people are being kidnapped and caged after being turned over to collection agencies.
Read More »Jeff Sessions Rescinds Legal Doc to Allow Police to Jail People for Being Poor
The DOJ has rescinded a legal guidance that requires courts to stop the imprisonment of poor individuals because they cannot pay court fines and fees.
Read More »Judge’s ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Court Throws Cancer Patient in Jail Over Unpaid Bills
A judge sent a cancer patient to jail for 90 days because he couldn't pay court fees, but the judge and city have run this debtors' prison for years.
Read More »DoJ Deals Massive Blow to Debtors’ Prisons, Poor People Can’t be Held When They Can’t Afford Bail
For the first time ever, the DoJ told a federal appeals court that holding the indigent in jail for not paying bail violates the 14th Amendment.
Read More »Cops Arrest Sick Woman in the Hospital for Unpaid Fines, Put Her in Jail & Dehydrate Her to Death
This case is a tragic example illustrating that debtor's prisons are alive and well in the Land of the Free.
Read More »Utah Man Dies in Police Custody — After Being Arrested for Unpaid Medical Bills
Not paying your medical bill can be deadly in a police state.
Read More »U.S. Marshals Service Sending SWAT Teams Out to Arrest People for Unpaid Student Loans
The US government just launched a program far worse than any debtor's prison.
Read More »Corrupt Courts & For-Profit Probation Companies Still Running Illegal Debtors’ Prisons
In an eye-opening video by the ACLU, it is revealed that private companies have been helping to put poor people behind bars for debt collection, a practice that was outlawed almost two hundred years ago.
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