Sara Zampierin's guest appearances

Sara Zampierin

Voir Dire: Conversations from the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management

Alexandra Natapoff

Allison McKim

Andrea Ritchie

Cat Brooks

Fania Davis

Brandon Garrett

Steve Bishop

Maya Buenaventura

Darryl Epps

Emily Horowitz

Rahsaan Hall

Norman Reimer

Elisa Klein

Andrew Ferguson

Beth McCann

OwlTail

Debtors prisons were banned in the US in the 1830's. But almost two centuries later, the criminal legal system is still punishing people for being poor. This week, we talk to Sara Zampierin, a Staff Attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center. She will lay out for us an array of constitutionally and morally questionable practices that trap poor people in the criminal legal system, including excessive cash bail, onerous fines and fees, and self-interested private probation services.

Punished for Being Poor with Sara Zampierin