‘All my fines date back to when I was 18. I’m 36 now’: $15,000 in debt and no way to pay

“And then if you don’t pay it, you get another one on top and then another one on top and you end up paying more in fees and costs than you do in the actual fine. It’s ridiculous.”

And because unpaid infringements attract penalties, and more penalties, and eventually court-ordered fines, Sam’s debt to the Western Australian Government has climbed to more than $15,000.

Government keeping poor people in jail.