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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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