The Return of Debtors' Prisons
Reservations for the Poor
Breyman, Steve
http://www.counterpunch.org/breyman12062010.html
Date Written: 2010-12-06
Publisher: CounterPunch
Year Published: 2010
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX12289
Nearly a quarter of the people spending time behind bars on Riker’s Island in 2008 - one in four inmates - were there because they didn’t have the money to pay bail on a misdemeanor charge. These unfortunate souls may have been presumed innocent of the criminal charges by the judge, but they were nonetheless jailed for being poor.
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