Too many prisons make people worse

Re:Too many prisons make people worse by carrja99 on Sunday May 28, 2017 @09:51AM (#14434371)

If the person isn't nice you are SOL. I got arrested once during a commute for an unpaid parking ticket from college, cue cop placing cuffs on me tightly, slamming me against the squad car, searching the vehicle, then hauling me off to county for booking. They refused to let me look up numbers on my phone and I was left to call my parents 3 hours away to come pay the cash only bond.

It was a pretty eye opening experience. Especially on the arresting officer's part because they get no clue as to why they are arresting you beyond "FAILURE TO APPEAR" that shows on their screen, so they assume the worst.

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Re:Too many prisons make people worse by DKnoll on Monday May 29, 2017 @06:30AM (#14438426)

Failure to Appear is failure to comply with a court summons, not failure to pay a parking ticket. There is definitely more to this story.

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Re:Too many prisons make people worse by throwanem on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @07:58AM (#14451771)

Get a ticket, you get a choice between paying the fine and appearing in court to contest it. Guess what happens when you do neither.

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Re:Too many prisons make people worse by DKnoll on Thursday June 08, 2017 @04:43AM (#14512828)

In the US? You get a court summons delivered by mail. Then you should probably go to court.

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