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 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.

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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

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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?

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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."

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