on its website, jsc says the lawsuit is baseless. also tried to ask the mayor of the town if he was satisfy satisfied with the services, but city hall never responded to our request. so we went to a city city counsel meeting. after speaking to some of the residents here, they feel like they are being threatened with a jail sentence if they don't pay their fines. >> i mean, is it not unconstitutional to jail somebody who cannot pay their fee? >> i don't know. there again, if the court -- [ inaudible ] jurisdiction and i know that when it comes back, we're one of the many, many cities in alabama that uses a contract service and the reason being because not having the amount of personnel we have. >> even the state senator who supports the private probation industry has concerns. >> what's currently in existence is almost like the wild west. if you're going to create a system that quote, unquote is a debtors prison, all you're doing is inviting yourself to a federal lawsuit. >> as for this family, after being charged an initial court cos