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Wow,
@MarkMcGowanMP you have much to say about a trolled football player! But you’re still locking up people - especially women - for being poor. Our#DebtorsPrison is a national disgrace. Please deal with it. Thank you. -
Sickening Stuff.
#Debtorsprison in 2019. Workhouses here we come! Vile society we have.#c4news -
Cash bail is unfair to the poor who can’t afford to fight and whose families can’t afford for them to stay in jail. Sure inflates conviction rates!
#debtorsprison.@tonymess gets it!https://twitter.com/tonymess/status/1068883278134996992 …
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"Technically, debtors are arrested for not responding to a court summons requested by the creditor. But for many low-income people, who...move frequently...may not receive notifications, it’s a distinction without a difference"
#DebtorsPrison@davidgraeber https://www.propublica.org/article/they-loan-you-money-then-they-get-a-warrant-for-your-arrest … -
If only they had defrauded the tax payer of a couple of billion quid. They would probably get a million bonus!
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Must Read: Today,
@postandcourier covers@ACLU lawsuit against the#debtorsprison in Lexington County, SC that jailed Sasha Darby and Twanda Brown for not having money to pay fines. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/these-judges-can-have-less-training-than-barbers-but-still/article_deeac12e-eb6f-11e9-927b-5735a3edbaf1.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share … -
Learned something new today that I wouldn’t have recognized as significant before my
#debtorsprison series. On top of Rosa Parks $10 fine for sitting on a bus, she was given $4 in court costs.@NCRMuseum@FinesandFeesJCpic.twitter.com/HXjxLNtxgt
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Excellent reporting by Lizzie Pressler
@propublica on arrests, jailing & wage garnishment for failure to pay medical debt in Coffeyville, Kansas. https://features.propublica.org/medical-debt/when-medical-debt-collectors-decide-who-gets-arrested-coffeyville-kansas/ …#debtorsprison -
#DebtorsPrison was made illegal decades ago - this is no different! -
Debtors prison
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In December, my story on George Richey and Missouri's massive
#debtorsprison issue was published. A few weeks later, an update:@AGEricSchmitt's first action in office is to lend a hand in Richey's case:https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/missouri-ag-schmitt-files-first-amicus-brief-opposing-debtors-prisons/article_9c862644-12ac-11e9-8572-6373d1b68c49.html … -
Just great ---Ye Olde Days of
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Hi Indiana, I suggest that you read the
#Constitution, specifically the 14th Amendment, and refer to the 1833 Congress that made#DebtorsPrison illegal. And Williams V Illinois (1970) Tate. V. Short (1971) Bearden V. Georgia (1983)#TheResistance https://ktxs.com/news/nation-world/indiana-inmates-found-guilty-will-be-charged-30-per-day-in-jail … -
How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor via
@NYTimes#DebtorsPrison https://nyti.ms/2RF5G5e?smid=nytcore-ios-share … -
This is a great idea and very much in keeping with the
#Neoliberal interpretation of the true spirit of#Christmas. Goodly Christian Centrists know#Medicare4All is the Devil's work. The Poors have#GoFundMe and we can bring back#DebtorsPrison if necessary.#MerryChristmas -
If you are not listening to what is going on in our prison system from those who are paying?
#DebtorsPrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha9RVJxee28 … -
And as
@AlexesHarris ‘s research shows, Mississippi is not alone in using fines and fees to abuse and criminalize poor people...#debtorsprison https://twitter.com/MarshallProj/status/1215227979195916289 …
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They should arrest and detain him until he pays up!
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Mother of 2 was raped by a jailer while locked up for unpaid traffic tickets, Coast attorney says https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2019/04/19/jailer-rapes-mother-lawyer-says-unpaid-traffic-tickets-mississippi/3519903002/ … via
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‘Payment review hearings are still being scheduled for jail board bills.’ Stopping Missouri’s
#debtorsprison scheme won’t be easy.#moleghttps://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/messenger-rural-missouri-judges-are-still-holding-on-to-debtors/article_9a0a5e65-097c-588f-9214-bc003df86bcc.html …
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