Cost of being accused of crime
jeudi 4 décembre 2014 à 13:00In the US, being accused of a crime and jailed can leave you in debt for thousands of dollars. Poor people who can't pay those debts can be jailed again for that (i.e., it is debtor's prison) and thus given even more debt they will never pay.
Since states expect that less than 1/10 of this debt will actually be repaid, it's not a serious attempt to collect money, but rather a way to repress the poor. We should cancel all these debts and abolish fees for all aspects of being accused of a crime or imprisoned.