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Mon 11 Nov 2009Number of people jailed for not paying fines set to double
THE NUMBER of people sent to prison for not paying fines is set to reach about 4,000 this year, almost double the rate of last year and a four-fold increase on 2006.
This means more than one in four prison committals this year relates to the non-payment of fines that were initially imposed as punishment for minor criminal offences.
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