debtors prisons
 

seem to be making a comeback in the us of a. As having accumulated a certain amount of debt this makes me nervous:(

from npr/cbs and thinkprogress.org
http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/i...0316182740.jpg
anybody remember that "kidsforcash" stuff? Prison industrial complex is coming for ya **** i wish i was born upper class.

the borrower's debt is the only regret of my youth. :(

@dr rez, i hope you looked at the pic at least

If your debt is school loan related, I don't think you have to worry about it.

I didn't know the USA was still in the Middle Ages.

that's a good portion of it, not so worried about the federal loans, more so the private ones-i expect them to come at me with the full extent.

@burningdown

I'm hoping to get out in the forseeable future (though that vision is getting hazy)

I remember being on wellfare in DK and covering a two bedroom apartment with cable, a deck, over looking a lovely park. Here even with all my loans i got roughly 100$ back on my tax return. No doubt need to get out its a sinking ship

It's a funny world when people can get thrown into prison for owing a couple of thousand dollars to men who cheated the world out of millions and got away scot-free.

Most of the stories that I have seen/heard have been for smaller amounts like just a high hundreds/few thousands.

I haven't heard of any cases reported of people getting thrown in jail over private school loans.

This. The bastards.

Debtors’ prisons were around far more recently than the Middle Ages. They were around in Britain during the 19th century.

thanks for that little tidbit fact but it doesn't matter. She just wanted to take a dig at USA as usual :P

They just opened up the first one of the 21st century, I believe they're calling it Detroit.

Indeed, Chales Dicken's London
is alive and well in the U.S.A.

hmmm why havent i ever heard of these prisons?? i am pretty far in debt. hopefully they dont come after me, now i wonder if they have spies watchin me at the casino and stuff. well if they do come to lock me up im not bein takin alive

Really? You wanna go out Scarface style over a minimum security prison stay? You know how cush that place is?

Are you defaulting on the regular?
That means: Have you not paid your bills for a really long time?

You seriously think minimum security prison is a nice place to be? I'm asking because I don't know - and I'm curious. I have this instinctual drive for freedom that keeps me finding ways to pay my bills.

I have no idea. I've never been in a minimum security prison but from all the stories I hear from movies to real life experiences from other people it doesn't seem that bad.

If they come for me, I'm just going to fall to my knees and beg them to garnish my wages. Mine aren't significant; it's some bull**** that my previous college keeps telling me I didn't pay, and that I keep paying over and over again. I swear to God, for that $75 parking ticket in 2005, they've gotten at least $325 from me.

You'd think after the 2nd or third time you would either 1. Demand a receipt for payment in person, or 2. send a cashier's check via Certified Mail (Return Receipt Requested).

Just saying.

Does that mean that Bubba spoons you afterward?

Bubba is too busy being on the internet watching porn to spoon you.

So what, I now I gotta put on lipstick and a teddy just to get some love in jail?

and wear some perfume "eau de toilette"