I thought we did away with debtor's prison

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30. According to her, she paid them.

According to the court (at least the last I saw) she had not paid it all, yet.

"Despite assurances to the court today that her outstanding tax liabilities had been paid in their entirety, Lauryn Hill was slapped with a three month stint in prison for failing to file and pay taxes on time. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Cox Arleo who had previously postponed the sentencing for two weeks after learning that Hill had not yet made restitution."

In any case, she's not going to jail because the books aren't balanced. She didn't even try to pay taxes for a few years, and it sets a bad example if you let celebrities slide on paying taxes and then let them just cut a check if and when they're caught.