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A Pennsylvania woman died in a jail cell over the weekend while serving a 48-hour sentence for her childrens unpaid school fines. Eileen DiNino was found dead on Saturday in a Berks County jail cell where she was midway through the sentence that would have eliminated around $2,000 in fines and related court fees related to her childrens attendance at school. Police have said her death is not considered suspicious, but the cause has yet to be determined. She was 55 years old and a mother to seven children.
This lady didnt need to be there, District Judge Dean Patton who said he was reluctant to sentence DiNino told the Associated Press. We dont do debtors prisons anymore. That went out 100 years ago. More than 1,600 people have been jailed in Berks County alone the majority of them women because of similar fines.
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/12/woman_dies_in_jail_while_serving_sentence_for_her_kids_unpaid_school_fines/
So this is what we're doing with poor people who can't pay their fines now?
liberalmuse
(18,834 posts)Again. Nothing good has ever come from the masses sitting back and allowing ownership of their government by a money-driven, patriarchal oligarchy.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)But you sent her there anyway. What a hero.
niyad
(118,074 posts)dollar grifters go free, and poor people are sent to debtor's prison (note to the judge--what in the hell do you think you sentenced her TO, if it wasn't debtors prison. you were "reluctant"?? too bad you weren't outraged. hope you can live with it.
mopinko
(71,370 posts)educators who point at the parents for school failure.
teachers bear many an insult as scapegoats, but so do parents.
school reform must lift parents up, too.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Subsequent violations by such a person within one year of the prior offense constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree, which is punishable by a maximum fine of $2,500 and up to one year in jail.
http://www.patruancytoolkit.info/index.cfm?pageid=2746
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)It never occurred to my kids that they had a choice about whether they would attend school or not. They were wmengaged in activitieals that required their attendance and good grades.