Jailing folks for not paying fees is a common pattern here as well; some jurisdictions do it on purpose, because prisoners are then used as a source of free labor for local government and businesses.
There is an effort to push back on this, but it's very hard to change once for-profit prison companies stock the local law enforcement and judiciary with favorable people.
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There is an effort to push back on this, but it's very hard to change once for-profit prison companies stock the local law enforcement and judiciary with favorable people.