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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by fzeroracer on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:55AM (#22024730)
Words do matter and you are writing a deliberately deceitful post here trying to shy away from the fact that this is a debtors prison, full stop.

Once someone has been released from prison they have fulfilled their obligation to society. Sentencing them to prison again solely because they owe money from a previous sentence is a perversion of justice and an absolute farce. They are sent to prison because they owe a monetary debt.

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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by SamReidHughes on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:04AM (#22024754)
When they've been released from prison and paid their fines and restitution money, they've fulfilled their obligation to society.
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