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RI: Debtor's Prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

go to reinvestinjustice.org to learn more and see video testimony of people that have in debtor's prison in RI Skipped debt hearings put 2,500 in ACI Providence Journal, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 BY EDWARD FITZPATRICK PROVIDENCE ? Nearly 2,500 people were sent to the state prison last year because they failed to appear at hearings regarding court debts, such as fines and court costs. With Rhode Island facing a big budget deficit and a swelling prison population, that highlights the need to give judges clearer guidelines for waiving court debts and determining if people have the ability to pay, according to a new report by the Rhode Island Family Life Center, a Providence nonprofit group that advocates for and supports people who are leaving prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).