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To: Shoot1st who wrote (10815)6/13/2014 11:58:40 AM
From: joseffy   of 16547
 
Pennsylvania mom of 7 dies in jail over unpaid school-related fines
EAG News ^ | 06/13/2014 | Ben Velderman
Posted on 6/13/2014, 11:39:25 AM by Rusty0604

PHILADELPHIA – A growing number of Americans are expressing outrage that a Pennsylvania mother of seven died in jail last weekend while serving a 48-hour sentence over unpaid, school truancy-related fines.

DiNinoEileen DiNino, 55, was found dead last Saturday in her jail cell. Authorities don’t know the cause of death yet, they have ruled out suspicious behavior.

DiNino was being penalized because several of her children routinely missed school. According to the Associated Press, “She had racked up $2,000 in fines, fees and court costs since 1999...

The fines related to school truancy are quite small – perhaps $20 – but it’s the court-related costs that are most expensive, sometimes reaching $150. Such costs add up quickly and make it nigh impossible for low-income parents to pay.

In the county where DiNino lived, roughly 110 parents of truant students are jailed every year.

Americans of all political stripes are denouncing the practice and likening it to the debtor’s prisons from the nation’s Colonial days.

(Excerpt) Read more at eagnews.org ...

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