The American Civil Liberties Union has accused Biloxi, Mississippi, of running “a modern day debtors’ prison.” In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the ACLU said Biloxi “routinely arrests and jails impoverished people in a scheme to generate municipal revenue through the collection of unpaid fines, fees and court costs.” In one case, a single mother was jailed for five days after failing to pay $1,000 in traffic fines and fees.