Debtors prisons were a constant presence looming over ... in which Mr Pickwick was imprisoned in the Fleet, which stood on the other side of the Thames next to the now-covered River Fleet.

Today, forty-one states do. This Article traces that history. It begins by examining how debtors’ prisons operated in early America, and then divides analysis between three phases of state ...

Once the site of a notorious prison, this little alley just to the north of Ludgate Hill in the City of London has an ...

A federal judge on Tuesday preliminarily approved a $4.5 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought against Ferguson in 2015 over an alleged debtors' prison scheme. The suit involved ...