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. Many, or all, ...

In the United States, debtors’ prisons were banned under federal law in 1833. A century and a half later, in 1983, the Supreme Court affirmed that incarcerating indigent debtors was unconstitutional ...

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 ...

About $220,000 of the debt was accumulated for law school at J.D. Widener University/Delaware Law School, after she was already $22,000 in debt from a Master’s at Seton Hall.

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 ...

About $220,000 of the debt was accumulated for law school at J.D. Widener University/Delaware Law School, after she was already $22,000 in debt from a Master’s at Seton Hall.

Debtors prison hasn’t been a thing since the 1800s. Unpaid credit card bills do have consequences, though, even if jail time isn’t one of them. And there are plenty of people living with those ...

Well, it should. Congress abolished debtors' prisons in 1833. Key Takeaways. No, debt collectors cannot have you arrested for unpaid credit card debt.