The American Civil Liberties Union has released research that the organization says shows judges in Georgia and other states have issued arrest warrants for alleged debtors at the request of private debt collectors.
The group’s report, called “A Pound of Flesh: The Criminalization of Private Debt,” documents arrests over private debt in 25 states and Puerto Rico.
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