Civil Rights Group Releases Report Alleging Focus on Revenue-Generation by Arkansas's Criminal Justice System Increases Poverty and Mass Incarceration
March 15, 2019
March 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release:
A new report from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released today, alleges that the practice of incarcerating people who owe fees and fines as a method of "forcing" payment and thereby generating revenue for municipal budgets, has criminalized poverty, expanded mass incarceration, and increased economic inequality in the State of Arkansas . . .
A new report from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released today, alleges that the practice of incarcerating people who owe fees and fines as a method of "forcing" payment and thereby generating revenue for municipal budgets, has criminalized poverty, expanded mass incarceration, and increased economic inequality in the State of Arkansas . . .