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kairos12

(12,861 posts) Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:45 AM Apr 2013

Broke, too bad, go directly to jail [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/05/aclu-accuses-ohio-courts-of-enacting-debtors-prisons/

snip:
“Today across Ohio, municipalities routinely imprison those who are unable to pay fines and court costs despite a 1983 United States Supreme Court decision declaring this practice to be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution,” the ACLU’s report said."

America today--the poor get the jail house, the rich get the bail out.

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Broke, too bad, go directly to jail [View all] kairos12 Apr 2013 OP

let's keep this kicked /nt demwing Apr 2013 #1

K&R nt Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #2

K&R think Apr 2013 #3

Yea, and while they are in there they aee working for corporations for WCGreen Apr 2013 #4

In some states they work for free in exchange for time off their sentence. CrispyQ Apr 2013 #17

We focus on the whole "red state blue state" thing... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #5

Got to keep the private prisons full UBEEDelusional Apr 2013 #6

When they run out of taxpayers the game will be up. xtraxritical Apr 2013 #7

it would make Dickens proud! Bozita Apr 2013 #8

That the first thought that came to me, too. n/t DFW Apr 2013 #14

Yup they profit we suffer. It's like we live in the Matrix. Initech Apr 2013 #11

Yep. Welcome to The Corporate States of America... 99Forever Apr 2013 #9

I live in Ohio. maindawg Apr 2013 #10

$2000? The lawyers and judge and bailiffs and other court costs add up to way more. tclambert Apr 2013 #12

Oh, when they sue you, they demand attorney fees, court costs, filing fees. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #13

kr HiPointDem Apr 2013 #15

K&R N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2013 #16