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A particular situation that relates to Poverty;

 

Gregory White - is a homeless man in Louisiana who was arrested for stealing food from a grocery store. The retail

value of the food was $39. He was assessed $339 in fines and fees and was jailed. His charges were later changed

to community service because he could not pay the fines. But when he could not pay the bus fare to complete his community service, he went back to jail. He spent a total of 198 days behind bars, and his incarceration cost the City of New Orleans $3,500.

 

(American Civil Liberties Union, “IN FOR A PENNY: The Rise of America’s New Debtor’s Prisons.”)

 

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