Why do we jail people for being poor? Today, half a million Americans remain in jail just due to the fact that they cannot afford to post bail, and still more are locked up because they can't pay their debt to the court, in some cases for things as minor as unsettled parking tickets. Salil Dudani shares stories from people who have experienced debtors' jail in Ferguson, Missouri, challenging us to believe differently about how we punish the bad and marginalized.
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