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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by wutbrodo on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:31AM (#22024841)
Huh, TIL, for some reason I always thought they were for general debt.
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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by rtpg on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:33PM (#22031854)
This would actually happen. Usually the person you owe money to would drag you to court and then get you thrown in a debtors prison.

I guess my point was that you could end up there for civil or criminal things.

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Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis... by SamReidHughes on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:49PM (#22030615)
YYDL, actually. They were for general debt.
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