News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mississippi.

Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by catalogia on Saturday January 11, 2020 @09:56PM (#22024162)
From what I understand there are a metric fuckton of people imprisoned for inability to pay child support, so I'd say debtor prisons aren't limited to Mississippi.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by teachrdan on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:24PM (#22024255)
People in other states who are imprisoned for inability to pay child support, etc. are released at the end of a finite sentence; they are not held indefinitely until they pay off an ever-increasing debt to the state at a low wage job. That's what defines debtors prisons.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by peteretep on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:09PM (#22024405)
It’s disappointing to see factual comments like this downvoted
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by catalogia on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:28PM (#22024268)
One is certainly more severe than the other, but in either case if people are getting imprisoned over debts, it seems like a pretty shitty situation. Do you disagree?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by BubRoss on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:36PM (#22024299)
That's not what this article is about. It's about "How the state’s “restitution program” forces poor people to work off small debts."
[ Parent | on HN ]