AMMAN — Senator Ahmad Tubaishat, head of the Senate Legal Committee, said that the legislature has decided to gradually phase out
debtors’ prisons, according to a local media outlet.
The process should be completed in three years for Jordan to
no longer jail debtors for civil debt, said the senator, who pointed to civil
penalties as an alternative to imprisoning them.
Tubaishat praised the government’s decision to publish the
new law implementing lighter measures against debtors.
Tubaishat explained that Jordan needs to abolish the
practice of jailing debtors, following the step of most developed
countries.
“If imprisoning debtors actually led to paying off their
debt,” Tubaishat said, “then I would consider it a solution”.
He added that debtors often resort to borrowing money to get
out of prison, only to return and be unable to pay off the new loan.
Tubaishat also said that Jordan needs to continue
implementing Defense Order No. 28, which defers debtors’ imprisonment, for at
least another year.
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