https://talkpoverty.org/2016/04/28/how-court-debt-erects-permanent-barriers-to-reentry/ Real People. Real Stories. Real Solutions. Mon, 05 Mar 2018 22:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://talkpoverty.org/2016/04/28/how-court-debt-erects-permanent-barriers-to-reentry/#comment-411 Tue, 03 May 2016 16:12:00 +0000 https://talkpoverty.org/?p=15969#comment-411 Local municipalities do the same thing with red light violations. They are judge and jury, and after they convict you, whether you can’t pay (or choose not to pay as a protest against this rigged system) they ratchet up the fines. All of them consider this “low hanging fruit”, and count on this revenue as a way to make up for not getting the money they need from the state or Washington.

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