Sherwood, Arkansas: "Hot Check" Court as an Illegal Debtors’ Prison?
Sherwood, Arkansas: Operating a "Hot Check" Court as an Illegal Debtors’ Prison? The Criminalization of Poverty: Woman Describes Fines & Arrests After $29 Check Bounces Over the course of five (5) years the city of Sherwood, Arkansas has generated revenue of over 12 million dollars by way of their southern-fried, Good-'Ol-Boy-operated, nepotistic "Hot Check" debtor's prison scam. READ ABOUT: Little Rock's Newest Corrupt Police Chief Kenton Buckner A woman in Sherwood, Arkansas, just spent 35 days in a county jail after she accidentally bounced a $29 check five years ago. Nikki Petree was sentenced to jail last month by a judge accused of running a debtors’ prison. She had already been arrested at least seven times over the bounced check and paid at least $600 in court fines. Her release comes as the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the ACLU and an international law firm have filed a lawsuit to challenge the modern-da