News & Commentary
Oct 21, 2015
Debtors' Prison: This System Tramples on Poor People
Today the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of poor people who were jailed by Biloxi, Mississippi, because of their failure to pay traffic tickets. The lawsuit is the latest action in the pushback against the national problem of modern day debtors' prisons, where people are required to go to jail when they can’t afford to pay the tickets or fines. Two of our clients explain how being sent to prison for small fines and fees can dramatically alter people’s lives for the worse without any public benefit. Read their accounts below.
Sep 27, 2015
DHS Is Not the Boss of My Library
By Chuck McAndrew, IT Librarian, Lebanon Public Libraries
Sep 23, 2015
How Mississippi Slashed Its Prison Population and Embraced Criminal Justice Reform
By Colleen Curry, Vice News
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