“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” ― Nelson Mandela This is the tale of two Americas, where the rich get richer and the poor go to jail. Read More…
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Judge’s ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Court Throws Cancer Patient in Jail Over Unpaid Bills
A judge in Sherwood, Arkansas, running his own ‘debtors’ prison,’ sentenced a 44-year-old cancer patient to 90 days in jail — not for a violent crime, drunk driving, or possession of substances the state deems illegal — but because he owed the court money. Lee Robertson began chemotherapy in 2009 to battle pancreatic cancer which Read More…