| Bankruptcy prison is simply a jail which was purposely | | | | project. All these make an individual unable to pay |
| meant for people who failed to pay their debts. In | | | | debts. |
| the past, those who were caught up in debt would | | | | In 1869, the financial distress act did away with the |
| be punished by being put in jail. Men and women who | | | | insolvency prisons in the United Kingdom. This was |
| had soaring debts would be put in the same cell and | | | | mainly to do away with the deaths that were always |
| many of them would end up dead before their | | | | happening in the prisons. Human rights activists |
| families could pay the debts. However, this practice | | | | argued that people were not meant to be punished |
| has been done away with, with most states reducing | | | | for incidents that were beyond their control. |
| this to a federal crime. | | | | Furthermore they were people who needed help to |
| Bankruptcy imprisonment was not only humiliating to | | | | deal with these financial problems other than being |
| the debtors but was also abuse of human rights. | | | | subjected to harsh conditions. |
| These and many more could be reasons why many | | | | In 1833, the United States financial distress code |
| countries no longer carry on with the practice. Some | | | | reduced the punishment to a federal crime. This was |
| of these debts come about due to reasons that are | | | | good news to those who became bankrupt |
| out of the debtors control such as soaring medical | | | | involuntarily. As such, these people will be treated |
| bills and loss of a job or an income generating | | | | with respect and dignity. |