Thomas Hosmer Shepard's 19th-century painting of a debtor in Fleet Street Prison isn't as dated as it looks. The phenomenon of debtors' prisons creates a two-tiered justice system. For poor people ...

Debtors’ prison is back! Not the fetid and dreary kind from Dickens novels, of course, but a shiny, impersonal, high-volume, 21st century variety.

FLEET PRISON AND THE OTHER DEBTORS' JAILS THE "SAM WELLER CABMAN" CHANGES SINCE "PICKWICK" WAS WRITTEN. Share full article. From the London Telegraph, June 26. July 8, 1879; ...

It’s worse than debtor’s prison. It’s an impossible situation for working families. It’s killing our ability to support the economy. ...

Debtors’ prisons were abolished under federal law by Congress in 1833. In 1983, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that incarcerating indigent debtors is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth ...

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

‘Debtor’s prison’ lawsuit filed against St. Louis suburb resolved with $2.9 million settlement. ... CHP: Next Generation – Inside look at new fleet of patrol vehicles ...