Is There Such A Thing As “Debtors Prison”?
It is a scary thought to have to spend any amount of time in jail, but if you are charged with a crime it is a real possibility that you may see the inside of a jail cell. Periods of incarceration are generally saved for criminal cases, but there is a lot of talk about “debtors prisons” when people are not able to pay their debts. This may have been the case in medieval England, but you would...