Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
They are being jailed for failing to appear but I am not sure about the law requiring them to continuously appear every three months as opposed to making the lawyers refile on them. They should just declare bankruptcy.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
For decades men have been put in jail for not paying child support. How is that any different?
For decades men have been put in jail for not paying child support. How is that any different?
I guess it's not, really. What is your possition?
Page out of trumps book, the self proclaimed king of debt!!!
In my state it is called a summons to answer interrogatories. The person does not have to show up at the trial, but once there is a judgment, the creditor can compel you to appear to answer questions under oath at the court once every 6 months. Don't show up after being served, then you will be arrested just as this person was. They will hold you in jail until the hearing can be rescheduled and can technically fine you but usually the Judge will just call you and say, "Get your ass down here and ask them the questions so we can get them released". Only thing different is you have to file a new one every 6 months. This law allows the court to order you to keep having to reappear after only 1 filing. I had to do it on the creditor side once and the judge just sent us into a backroom and said to ask the bailiff to let them know if he needed to get involved. Once I was done, the court then did the hearing to release them. All I wanted was either their employer information or bank account info so I could file a garnishment. Their employer ended up not garnishing their wages after getting that order so then I had to file a show cause summons against them so the court made them pay me the entire debt and filing fees.
I am very much against the idea of the government putting people in prison over debts, public or private.
My point was that it's nothing new.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
In this case bail is $500 and it goes to the creditors.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
Not surprised, conservatives are asssholes. Can fraud people out of millions and have to pay a small fine if you are rich. But if you are poor, you go to jail for being in debt. after all, have to feed the prison system to make sure money flows to the rich.
Coffeyville, Kansas, medical debt: County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt - CBS News
Debtor's prison is back. Terrifying.
According to the article, the jail penalties are for contempt of court due to failure to appear before the judge, not the medical debts.
Calling it Debtor's Prison is fake news.
If Trump wins this year, they will jail people for criticizing the President.
It's freakin' Kansas you know eh...
According to reality, that is a weaselly way to get around the spirit of the law and create a debtor's prison in all but name.
Which part of this are you saying is fake? Are you saying it's not happening or are you saying there's nothing wrong with it?