>> reporter: even state senator cam ward, who supports the private probation industry, has concerns. >> what's currently in existence is almost like the wild west. there is no regulation. if you're gonna create a system that, quote/unquote, is a "debtors prison," all you're doing is inviting yourself to a federal lawsuit, is what you're doing. >> reporter: as for the fugatts after being charged an initial court cost of about $500 for traffic violations of which they were found not guilty. court documents provided by the fugatt's lawyers show that they've paid almost $1,300 to the childersburg court. it's a number that doesn't even include all the additional monthly fees they paid to judicial correction services. a figure the city of childersburg declined to provide us due to pending litigation. >> reporter: timothy fugatt says that his family still owes more money to judicial corrections services. how much? he's not sure. he says j.c.s. stopped contacting him after the lawsuit was...