The Chicago Sun Times reports that it is going to hire ex cons, fresh from the big house to collect debts for the city. I don’t know how you feel about it, but I think its a great idea. I am all for giving someone a fresh start and a break. Besides, municipalities are exempt from the strictures of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Thus, if the collector/convict gets a little too rough with the consumer, too bad. The consumer can’t do anything about it because he is a debtor. Besides, if the consumer/debtor complains, he should remember that the convict/collector in all likelihood, has the debtor’s home address right in front of him….do you suppose that this was an intended benefit?
Chicago to hire ex cons as debt collectors