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