Category Archives: Debtors

Aren’t Debtors’ Prisons Unconstitutional?

By Phillip J. Murphy | Posted on January 8, 2018

An important decision made by a New Orleans Parish Criminal District Court the week of December 15th highlights a problem all over the United States, whereby poor prisoners are charged fees that they are unable to pay in order to fund our courts. This leads to a vicious cycle, whereby indigent defendants are punished… Read More »