Unlock the Debtor’s Prison of Student Loans Filing bankruptcy on student loans is possible, but few can afford the expense and even fewer get relief.

What is the history of debtors’ prisons in the United States? From the late 1600s to the early 1800s 2, many cities and states operated actual “debtors’ prisons,” brick-and-mortar facilities that were ...

Prisoners earnings can vary across the UK, across different prisons and even within them. As Matty worked in a Recycling ...

So what kind of sense does it make to take a person’s driver’s license — hampering their ability to get to work or use a ...

Historically, the phrase debtors’ prison refers to any detention facility in which people are incarcerated for their failure to pay a debt.

Hey, guess what? Debtors’ prison is back! Not the fetid and dreary kind from Dickens novels, of course, but a shiny, impersonal, high-volume, 21st century variety. It all revolves around ...

Third, criminal justice debt can deny those leaving prison from attaining the occupational licenses that one in four jobs require for a new occupation and career.

The rising college senior plans to go to law school, and he said he will have to borrow to get there. “It’s worse than debtor’s prison,” said Smita Nadia Hussain, who owes $80,000 on her ...

The rising college senior plans to go to law school, and he said he will have to borrow to get there. “It’s worse than debtor’s prison,” said Smita Nadia Hussain, who owes $80,000 on her ...

Paying their debt to society The concept of a debtors’ prison can be understood through the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, except as a punishment for a ...

First of all, no, you can’t go to jail for credit card debt. Debtors prison hasn’t been a thing since the 1800s.

As a plaintiff in other debtors’ prison lawsuits in St. Louis, news of the $3.25 million settlement with Maplewood is good because it’s progress. But, to this day, not one of the nearby cities ...