Viewers respond to jail time for people unable to pay fines
Clip: 1/2/2015 | 1m 51s
Viewers respond to jail time for people unable to pay fines
Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments to a recently aired story on NewsHour Weekend.
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Viewers respond to jail time for people unable to pay fines
Clip: 1/2/2015 | 1m 51s
Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments to a recently aired story on NewsHour Weekend.
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