"Roughly a third of U.S. states today jail people for not paying off their debts, from court-related..."

“Roughly a third of U.S. states today jail people for not paying off their debts, from court-related fines and fees to credit card and car loans, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Such practices contravene a 1983 United States Supreme Court ruling that they violate the Constitutions’s Equal Protection Clause.”

- As economy flails, debtors’ prisons thrive - CBS News