debtors' prisons
Missouri AG Files First Brief in 'Debtors Prison' Lawsuit
- US News
Missouri House gets the message: No more debtor's prison
- Phelps County Focus
Missouri Supreme Court rules against debtors prisons
- The Platte County Citizen
Not a Crime to be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America
- Peter Edelman
Missouri Supreme Court rules those unable to pay jail debts cannot be sent back to prison
- The Missouri Times
With unified voice, Missouri Supreme Court signals an end to debtors prison scheme
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
Supreme Court Jail Debt is a not a court cost
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly
Missouri Supreme Court rules courts cannot threaten more jail time for failure to pay jail debt
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
In rural Missouri, going to jail isn’t free. You pay for it.
- Columbia Missourian
Appeal challenges local collection of board bills
- The Salem News
New Attorney General joints the fight against debtors prisons
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
Appeals Court rules convicted man not on hook for 18K jail bill
- The Missouri Times
Jailed for being poor is a Missouri epidemic (series)
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
Lines drawn in Missouri debtors’ prison debate: Extortion vs. Freedom
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
Issue of debtors prisons takes center stage in Supreme Court
- Columbia Missourian
MO Supreme Court Declares Jail Board Bills Illegal
- KKFI 90.1
