Is there such a thing as a modern-day debtors' prison? Not literally, as debtors' prisons were outlawed by Congress in 1833. However, a recent ACLU report on the criminalization of private debt points ...

"It was an immense and solid building, erected at vast expense. I could not help thinking, as we approached the gate, what an uproar would have been made in the country, if any deluded man had ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma may be emerging as a leader among states in eliminating court-ordered fees that in the past have essentially left many former inmates in “debtors’ prison” long after their ...

Are debtors’ prisons a thing of the past? Congress banned them in 1833. The Supreme Court also held, in 1983, that incarcerating indigent individuals for failure to pay a fine is indeed ...

Debtors' prisons sound like ancient history, right? Unfortunately, they're all too common across the United States. In spite of the Constitution, case law, and common sense, low-income people are ...

During the holiday season, many of us think about what we can do to help people struggling with poverty. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the other hand, decided just before Christmas to rescind a ...

NOGALES–He’s spent 27 months and counting behind bars at the Santa Cruz County Jail. No end of captivity in sight. This may well be the old man’s last address. Prisoner 44845, Manuel Osete, is a fit, ...

".. Examines changing attitudes towards insolvency and their importance to the economy and self-image of the early American republic. Mann, a professor of law and history at the University of ...