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The 18th-century debtors' prison at the Castellania in Valletta, now the offices of the Health Ministry in Malta. A debtors' prison is a prison for people who are unable to pay debt. Until the mid-19th century, debtors' prisons (usually similar in form to locked workhouses) were a common way to deal with unpaid debt in Western Europe. [1]
[1] [2] In 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio published a comprehensive study of the pay-to-stay policy throughout the state, the first detailed study of its kind. [1] [3] As of 2021, prisons in about 40 states have pay-to-stay programs with fees and implementation often varying by county. [4]
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC or ODRC) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government responsible for oversight of Ohio State Correctional Facilities, along with its Incarcerated Individuals. [1] Ohio's prison system is the sixth-largest in America, with 27 state prisons and three facilities for juveniles.
Ohio's juvenile court judges responded to the USA TODAY Network Ohio's investigation into chaotic conditions in the state's youth detention system.
More than a dozen journalists from The Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and Akron Beacon Journal teamed up to learn what happens when teens go behind bars.
We interviewed more than 40 sheriffs, state officials, lawmakers, criminal justice experts, incarcerated people and family members. We toured multiple jails and filed more than 135 records requests.
Debtors' Prison Relief Act of 1792 was a United States federal statute enacted into law by the first President of the United States George Washington on May 5, 1792. The Act of Congress established penal regulations and restrictions for persons jailed for property debt, tax evasion , and tax resistance .
The Council of State Governments includes in their definition unpaid child support, observing that in a study of one state, those released from prison on average owed more than $20,000 in child support alone. [4] Those upon whom CJFOs are imposed are referred to as legal debtors or billable inmates. [2] [5] [6]