A return to the debtors' prison?

Name: A return to the debtors' prison?
Uploaded: 2014-12-19T20:48:27Z
Duration: P706S
Description: Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay?

Clip: 12/19/2014 | 11m 46s

Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay?

Aired: 12/19/14

Rating: NR

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