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Show MANY JAILED INENGLAND IN INENGLAND ENGLAND FOR DEBT DEBTIncrease DEB DEBIncrease Increase During DepressionBrings Depression DepressionBrings DepressionBrings Brings Demand for Probe . LondonThere London -There There - There are nre 24 24000 000 persons personsIn personsIn In Britain BrttalO < ; sent cent { > ot to prison prlcon orison ; for deht debt dehtC debtecry dcblevery C\ C Cery ecry \ ery 3ear 3 ear rhiy rhty rhcy constitute more morl ! than thar45 45 per cent of the 00000 60000 GO 000 receptionsinto receptions receptionsInto receptionsInto Into prison , and nnd public opinion is risIng ris xis risIng xisIng Ing dal4 dalIj daily ngaln&t ngalnt against agaln & t such sUlh a si&tcm sitcm stem s ) otem & : writes\\illnm writes illnm writes writesilIi'im \ \ilIi'im ilIi'im ilIiim \ , ilhm ' ! ' nillman DlI1man tlillrnan in ID Unl\ Unl Universal Unlersnl Uniersal \ ersnl Sen Sei1ce"If Seivlcc Sei1ce Seivlcc"It Ice Ice"If "It It "If If " it were possible \ without sithout Ithout weak weakemng weakenirig weakening emng enirig the authority of the courte courts courts"sivs courtssivs ; : , , " " ' SHS SISS Sir John Gllmour Gilmour , home secle secie secletarj secietar sccietari tarj tar ) . , 'to to ' to reduce the number of persons pl.r plr pcr pl.rsons pcrsons . sons sent to prison for nonpaymentof non pa } ment mont mentof montof of sums of money moncy , . every everyone one wouldwelcome would wouldielcome \ elcome ielcome such reform " "A A " very verv large proportion of those thosesent thosesent thosesent sent to prison for debt , " adds SIr SIrJohn SirJohn SirJohn John Gllmour Gilmour Gilnlour , . "are are " sentenced for non nonp1.yment nonpayment noninyment p1.yment p1yment payment . of fines or for failure fnilure to coin com corn ply with wife milntennnce m'llntennnce mllntennnce m'tintenance mtintenance ' ' and illilldtlon 111111.1 1111111 qililla qilillation ' . tion orders and other court orders foiplyment f01 foi f01p'lyment foipiyment p'lyment plyment piyment ' " . Miss Uss Margery ' [ Fry r'ry rry 'ry ry ' . , a well hno\\ hno hnon knoin hnoauthority knoinauthority knownauthority \ n authority on prisons thinks that a agood agood agood good case has been made out for a agO agoernment agovernment gO\ gO gOernment \ ernment Inquiry InC'lulrv InClulrv ' Into the systemof system systemof systemof of Imprisonment for debt . . , "Debtor Debtor " prisoners prl'5onef prl5onef prisoner ' " ' " she states , "areliable areliable "are are "arelinble "areliable " linble liable to \ virving 'lring 'lr\ 'lr lr ' irslng \ ing sentences Imprison Imprisonment Imprisonment Imprisonment ment purges purgeo ; some ch clisses c1'ses c1ses ' < ; ses of ot debt but butnut butnot butnut nut not all nIl Debtor prisoners pflsoners greatly de decre'lsed decreised decreised cre'lsed crelsed creised ' In numbers during the war waryears waryears waryears years but have hnve been steadily risingsince rIsing rIsingsince risingsince since , . and follow with slth \ Ith remarkiblefidelity remarl'lble remarllble remark'tble remarktble remarl'lblefidelltv remark'tblefidelity , . ' ' fidelltv fidelity the curre curve of 01 unemployment . . ' The state seems to Imprison not notfor notfor notfor for poverty , . but unwillingness unwlllingness to pa pay pay.yet payyet v . , yet the relation between the two t0 tsso t\\ t \ 0 Is Istoo istoo istoo too close for mere accident . . It is not notUkely notlikely notlikely Ukely likely thit th'1t th1t th'it ' ' obstinacy obstInncy goes up and downwith down downwIth downwith wIth unemployment unempioyment , whereas It Is certain cer cermln certhin , . mln thin that poverty does " In Britain , if a man Is sent to prison prisontor prisonfor prisonfor tor for non payment of his municIpal municIpalt'1 municipalt'uces municipaltixes t'1 t1 t'uces tuces ' ' es . , then Imprisonment Imprlfonment . ; for a certain certainterm certaInterm certainterm term wipes out the debt But In the thecase thecase thecase case of ot government taxes , . howeverlong howe howeer howeerlong , er ' long the term , the liability lIablllty still re remains re- re remains romains - mains existent . , . I |