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Taking away a license over unpaid fines for minor traffic infractions makes work and family life a misery for low-income Americans. States should reform this punitive, unjust practice.
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New task force aims to help drivers with suspended licenses in Miami-Dade Tags: More than 630,000 Miami-Dade drivers have suspended licenses over unpaid fees MIAMI – Marq Mitchell received a ticket. He couldn’t afford to pay for car insurance. He couldn’t afford to pay for Miami-Dade County court costs fees. His driver’s license was suspended. Mitchell couldn’t fix the problem for about five years. It’s a defeating cycle. For some drivers, poverty is to blame. A license suspension makes it impossible for some to get to work. “If you can’t get to work, you drive your famil...
By the middle of April 2020, Broward's jail population dropped to under 3,000 for the first time in decades. It couldn’t last forever, and it hasn’t.