http://carceralnation.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/ Ancient Danger in a Human World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://carceralnation.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-1117 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:47:58 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-1117 [...] in America. Instead of dealing with social issues, we prefer to put people behind bars for smaller and smaller offenses in a blighted attempt to keep the peace.  We take our national cue from Obama who, too frightened [...]

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-980 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:13:38 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-980 [...] threat” — and what is risked in that breaking is our economy and our communal morality: Justice is harsher in America than in any other rich country. Between 2.3m and 2.4m Americans are [...]

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-880 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:24:41 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-880 [...] We have already seen how one state can put people in prison for failing to pay their court fees. [...]

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-358 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:28:41 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-358 I guess, Gordon, when desperation becomes the driving force of the day, people, and even states, will stoop to any level to stay solvent.

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-357 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:10:28 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/debtor-prison-nation/#comment-357 That’s so sad that we have gotten to be a debtor prison nation. I hope the other states don’t start doing this as well.

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