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 ...

About $220,000 of the debt was accumulated for law school at J.D. Widener University/Delaware Law School, after she was already $22,000 in debt from a Master’s at Seton Hall.

The new debt prisons are not just metaphorical. Criminal justice debt also lands many in actual jail or prison. In 1983, the Supreme Court ruled that jailing indigent debtors violated the 14th ...

About $220,000 of the debt was accumulated for law school at J.D. Widener University/Delaware Law School, after she was already $22,000 in debt from a Master’s at Seton Hall.

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 ...

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 ...

Well, it should. Congress abolished debtors' prisons in 1833. Key Takeaways. No, debt collectors cannot have you arrested for unpaid credit card debt.

Editor's Note: This is one in a series of articles examining issues in the Lancaster County commissioners' race. The main part of Lancaster County's overcrowded prison was built before the Civil ...

On Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2024, a St. Louis-based public interest law firm announced that the city of Florissant, Mo., will pay nearly $3 million to settle a so-called debtor's prison lawsuit that ...