What is the history of debtors’ prisons in the United States? From the late 1600s to the early 1800s 2, many cities and states operated actual “debtors’ prisons,” brick-and-mortar facilities that were ...

Unlock the Debtor’s Prison of Student Loans Filing bankruptcy on student loans is possible, but few can afford the expense and even fewer get relief.

Historically, the phrase debtors’ prison refers to any detention facility in which people are incarcerated for their failure to pay a debt.

Third, criminal justice debt can deny those leaving prison from attaining the occupational licenses that one in four jobs require for a new occupation and career.

The rising college senior plans to go to law school, and he said he will have to borrow to get there. “It’s worse than debtor’s prison,” said Smita Nadia Hussain, who owes $80,000 on her ...

Jacque Schrag/Axios Almost all states allow jails and prisons to charge incarcerated people medical and "room and board" fees, locking them into cycles of debt and possibly more incarceration, an ...

Prisoners earnings can vary across the UK, across different prisons and even within them. As Matty worked in a Recycling ...

The rising college senior plans to go to law school, and he said he will have to borrow to get there. “It’s worse than debtor’s prison,” said Smita Nadia Hussain, who owes $80,000 on her ...

Paying their debt to society The concept of a debtors’ prison can be understood through the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, except as a punishment for a ...

The former Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti, has been sentenced to prison over tax fraud charges dating back to 2014, ...

As a plaintiff in other debtors’ prison lawsuits in St. Louis, news of the $3.25 million settlement with Maplewood is good because it’s progress. But, to this day, not one of the nearby cities ...

In the Lyric Feature on Sunday 29th February, Patricia Baker goes in search of the hidden history of a place behind a locked door in Dublin ...