Although debtor prisons were outlawed in the United States in 1833, hundreds of people have been arrested and jailed on contempt of court charges after failing to appear at court proceedings to answer financial questions from debt collection agencies.

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  The Impacts of Individual and Household Debt on Health and Well ...

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