• 09/20/2024

Missouri City to Pay $3.25 Million to Settle ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Lawsuit

New York Times

The lawsuit accused the City of Maplewood, a St. Louis suburb, of wrongfully jailing thousands of people in a scheme that enriched the municipality.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/us/debtors-prison-scheme-maplewood-missouri.html