NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge accused by a rights group of running a modern-day debtors prison agreed Monday to temporarily stop jailing defendants for nonpayment of fees and assessing certain costs on defendants, according to a court filing. Last week, the organization filed a lawsuit accusing Black of sending poor defendants to jail when they can’t pay fines and fees and charging them a questionable “extension fee” to avoid jail time.

…Civil rights lawyers in September filed a similar lawsuit in New Orleans alleging that hundreds of people had been locked up because they lacked the money to pay court fees and thousands more are threatened with arrest each year for nonpayment of court debts.

Louisiana judge to stop jailing defendants over fees – Houston Chronicle

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