Private prison hellhole outed in Ohio

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" Several courts in Ohio are illegally jailing people because they are too poor to pay their debts and often deny defendants a hearing to determine if they're financially capable of paying what they owe, according to an investigation released Thursday by the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. "

"The ACLU likens the problem to modern-day debtors' prisons. Jailing people for debt pushes poor defendants farther into poverty and costs counties more than the actual debt because of the cost of arresting and incarcerating individuals, the report said."

"The use of debtors' prison is an outdated and destructive practice that has wreaked havoc upon the lives of those profiled in this report and thousands of others throughout Ohio," the report said."

http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/04/private-prison-hellhole-outed-in-ohio.html

[SamKnause]

1. Ohio

K&R

I live in a very scary state.

[SunSeeker]

2. Thank you for posting this.

The ACLU report found at the link is excellent and gut wrenching. Unbelievable that there are such things as "Mayor's Courts" in Ohio where a small town mayor, with or without legal training, sits as a judge and throws people in jail for failing to pay small fines. The only people who should be getting thrown in jail are those mayors---and the CEOs of those private for profit prisons.

[Heidi]

3. Kick!

[DiverDave]

4. I seem to hear this crap every day

I think those mayors may show up on a list one day.
I absolutely HATE tin pot dictators

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5. k&r (nt)

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