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doxydad

(1,363 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:47 AM Jun 2014

If you thought debtors prison was something straight out of Charles Dickens—and something long ago left behind us—think again. Debtors prison is becoming very much a part of the American prison-industrial complex, and on Saturday, a Pennsylvania mother of seven died there:

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/deadly-new-debtors-prisons-pennsylvania-mother-dies-jail-truancy-fines

Poor? GUILTY AS CHARGED.

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Deadly New Debtor's Prisons: Pennsylvania Mother Dies in Jail for Truancy Fines (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP

nothing new Niceguy1 Jun 2014 #1

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1. nothing new

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 07:50 AM

Jun 2014

Men can get locked up for back child support and loose their employment based licences. ..even if they are unemployed and cant find work.

Stupid.