Unpaid Bills Land Some Debtors Behind Bars : NPR. This is a disturbing trend.  The fact of the matter is that in Georgia, as I would expect is the case in many other states, there is a manner by which people end up going to jail simply because they owed debts to some party. I say to "some party" because so many of the debts for which people are sued and may go to jail are really brought by third party debt buyers.  These debt buyers are companies that most people b

Fulton County Daily Report By Steven H. Pollak, Assistant Editor-Digital Content Thursday, April 22, 2004 Jail's delays in inmate releases, strip-searches of prisoners prompt suit Delays in releasing inmates from the Fulton County Jail and the practice of strip-searching arrestees and prisoners w ho are about to be released have prompted a class action suit that could leave taxpayers footing the bill for millions of dollars in settlements and legal fees. A g