Mississippi Today (https://mississippitoday.org/category/restitution/)
Read Mississippi Today’s special investigation on restitution centers, where judges lock people up for an indefinite time while they work to earn money to pay off court-ordered debts.
To pay off fines and other debts, inmates in Mississippi’s little-known restitution centers must work grueling low-wage jobs, pay rent and endure strip searches. In this world between prison and freedom, they often don’t know when they’ll get to go home.
