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BREAKING: We reached settlement that brings an end to a modern day debtors prison in #Sherwood Arkansas. Our agreement ends punitive practices of "Hot Check" court that trapped poor people in an endless cycle of fines, fees and jail time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/settlement-in-lawsuit-over-arkansas-bounced-checks/2017/11/14/35a8c330-c967-11e7-b506-8a10ed11ecf5_story.html?utm_term=.46db52f1a113 …
We filed suit against Sherwood after identifying countless victims of a modern day #DebtorsPrison including Lee Robertson, a cancer patient who was jailed and fined over a few small bounced checks. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/debtors-prison-arkansas_us_57bdd1b8e4b0c6301ca0e56c …
Other victims of the Sherwood Arkansas #DebtorsPrison included Nikki Petree, a mom who spent 35 days In jail for bouncing a $29 check.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-mother-was-arrested-seven-times-and-just-spent-35-days-in-jail-because-she-bounced-a-28-check_us_57c46389e4b0cdfc5ac855dd …
This is great news. Congrats.
Sherwood's Hot Check court was run by Judge Butch Hale. Fines and fees imposed on the backs of poor people generated more than $2.3M in city revenue and accounted for 12% of the city’s budget.https://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/arkansas-judges-debtors-prison-court-jailed-cancer-patient-over-unpaid-bills-lawsuit/ …
Is there anything written up about this that isn’t behind a paywall? I’ve used my free WP visits for the month.
The #SCOTUS has made clear that judges cannot sent people to jail merely because of their inability to pay in a 1983 case - Bearden v. Georgia. Nonetheless, debtors prisons have emerged across the country.
Ferguson, Missouri provides another example of a court system that preys on poor people. In 2013 alone, Ferguson collected $2.6M in court fines and fees from low-level offenses like traffic violations.https://www.npr.org/2014/08/25/343143937/in-ferguson-court-fines-and-fees-fuel-anger …
It's time to end the criminalization of poverty in our country because it harms families and communities and breeds distrust between minority communities and the justice system. @LawyersComm
The @LawyersComm is proud to partner with @MoFoLLP & @ACLU to combat justice-system practices that penalized poor people, particularly African Americans, in Sherwood, Arkansas.
We must end the criminalization of poverty. More on our #Sherwood settlement here. @LawyersComm -->http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arkansas-civilliberties/arkansas-town-reaches-settlement-in-debtors-prison-lawsuit-idUSKBN1DE31Q …
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