John Oliver dismantles municipal fine 'hamster wheel of hell'
Matt BosterViewed: 4787
Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Mar 24 2015 5:59 AM
We've been trying to tell you for years about the debtor's prisons of Harpersville and other Alabama communities, about dangers of propping up municipal finances on the backs of the most vulnerable.
But a comic with a conscience is worth a million words.
See HBO's John Oliver take on municipal fines and private probation -- including that in Alabama. He can say (and does in quite graphic ways, so be warned) things we just can't.
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