There is a growing trend in America to bring back debtor’s prison. Increasingly, we are seeing people in this country being thrown into a jail cell for their failure to pay a debt they owe. It sounds ludicrous, but according to recent articles in the St. Louis Dispatch, it is happening every day. Here’s how
For most of history, imprisoning has not been a punishment in itself, but rather a way to confine criminals until corporal or capital punishmentwas administered. There were prisons used for detention in Jerusalem in Old Testament times, and the Bible details the imprisonment of Joseph in Egypt.[2] Dungeons were used to hold prisoners; those who were not killed or left to die there often
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about game theory. For the 1988 novel, see Prisoner’s Dilemma (novel). For the Doctor Who audiobook, see The Prisoner’s Dilemma. For the 2001 play, see The Prisoner’s Dilemma (play). This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation,footnoting, or external linking. (October