The Debate About Fines Isn't New

Im anush zomarodi and to day on the show, making amends ideas on how we can be more forgiving in our prisons, our schools and our libraries. We were just hearing from librarian don wass on why she thinks we should eliminate overdue book fines. When other libraries have experimented with eliminating fines, like one in san raphael that took away children's fines, they had a hundred and twenty six per cent increase in child card applications within the first few months.