US firms profit from minor legal violations
Private contractors impose massive fees on low-level violators who can not afford to pay fines on time.
Published On 6 Jul 2014
Going to jail for being in debt was once a routine punishment in the Western world.
In some parts of the US, that practice has continued despite a federal law established against it 30 years ago.
Private contractors are profiting from people who can not afford to pay fines for minor violations of the law.
Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman reports from Augusta, Georgia.
Source: Al Jazeera