In the latest episode of Szabadon, Róbert Báthory investigated why and how the poorest are the easiest to end up in Hungarian prisons. Crime has a price and one way or another, everyone pays for it. Some people redeem their sentences with money, while those who don't have it with time. Although the laws in Hungary apply to everyone in principle, the truth is that in reality the poorest are the easiest to end up behind bars. And often they don't even have to commit a real crime, just a few tens of thousands of fines are enough. In a village in Borsod, parents have been going to prison for years to serve fines imposed for their children's unexcused classes. Until September last year, the authorities in Hungary fined families a total of 105 million forints in more than 3,600 cases for their children's late classes. But they only paid 40 percent of this amount, which means that they had to serve the remaining 74 million. One day behind bars is worth 5 thousand forints. That is, until last September – according to the numbers – these parents were in prison for 14,800 days. You can find previous episodes of Szabadon on our website here: https://www.szabadeuropa.hu/Szabadon Subscribe to 3 Minutes, the Free Europe newsletter, to be informed about the most important news of the day every morning: https://www.szabadeuropa.hu/Subscribe And if you would like to be informed in advance about our most important materials or send us topic ideas, join Free Europe Insider: / szabadeuropabennfentes #justice #prisonment #publiceducation #absence #need #equaltreatment @TASZTarsasagaSzabadsagjogokert @HelsinkiBizottsag