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 ...

The short answer? No, you can't go to jail for credit card debt. I wondered the same thing when I was younger and just learning about credit cards. I even looked up if debtors' prisons were still a ...

But the board is not satisfied, which puts O’Bannon in a sort of modern-day debtors’ prison. Today, many people like O’Bannon, who is African American, find themselves trapped in a system of ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

Ciffa processed the debtors’ payments using Turpin’s MoneyGram and bank accounts. Last month, the judge sentenced Erica Lounsberry, a manager of other employees, to prison for 21 months on her ...

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I even looked up if debtors’ prisons were still a thing. (Spoiler: They’re not!) However, that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook if you don’t pay your credit card debt. While debt ...