Is there such a thing as a modern-day debtors' prison? Not literally, as debtors' prisons were outlawed by Congress in 1833. However, a recent ACLU report on the criminalization of private debt points ...

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – The Erie Canal, often called the Eighth Wonder of the World, was a transformative engineering marvel for the U.S. economy and society. But did you know the idea for this historic ...

"It was an immense and solid building, erected at vast expense. I could not help thinking, as we approached the gate, what an uproar would have been made in the country, if any deluded man had ...

Are debtors’ prisons a thing of the past? Congress banned them in 1833. The Supreme Court also held, in 1983, that incarcerating indigent individuals for failure to pay a fine is indeed ...

Warren Matthei spent 10 years in prison for not paying debts, including an $85,000 legal bill he owed a solo divorce lawyer. Matthei failed to convince judges he honestly was unable to pay, and so ...

Ignore the court, and you’re behind bars. Osete, facing civil contempt, says he has no money and that he’s in a debtor’s prison. The court says he does. Whether the court’s reach into Mexico was sound ...

ACCOMAC, VA - A grant-funded restoration project of Debtor's Prison has begun in the town of Accomack. Originally built as the town jailer's residence sometime between 1782 and 1784, the building was ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma may be emerging as a leader among states in eliminating court-ordered fees that in the past have essentially left many former inmates in “debtors’ prison” long after their ...

".. Examines changing attitudes towards insolvency and their importance to the economy and self-image of the early American republic. Mann, a professor of law and history at the University of ...