General News US Department of Justice tries to end jailing of the poor for unpaid funds.

BradThePug · Mar 17, 2016

The fight against modern-day debtors’ prisons just got a new champion: the Department of Justice.

Yesterday the department called upon state court leaders to ensure that court rules and procedures on fine and fee collection afford due process and equal protection of the law and align with sound public policy. The timing could not have been better because today the ACLU reached a settlement in our lawsuit against Biloxi, Mississippi, which challenged the jailing of poor people if they could not pay the entire amount of their outstanding court fines and fees up front, in full, and in cash. The agreement provides a critically important model on how to implement the Justice Department’s recommendations and do even more to treat the rich and poor equally and fairly when they step into court.
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General News US Department of Justice tries to end jailing of the poor for unpaid funds.

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