tom ackerman, al jazeera, augusta, georgia. >> our original series the system, with joe berlinger, thepower of the prosecutor and what happens when the da gets i.t. wrong. tonight at midnight on being al jazeera america. rebecca stevenson, what can we expect when we walk out the door? >> more and more humid. right now we're watching thunderstorms stop to wrap up in spots. we have got monsoon season on track. spinning showers and thunderstorms into the four corners and into the rockies for the last several days. that's going to continue into monday. what we're watching is a line of thunderstorms, and several tornadoes have been spotted in central iowa tonight. this line is along a front bringing heavier rain now into michigan. this is going to be tracking a little further to the south, little further to the east tonight. these thunderstorms slowly losing steam but then picking up again tomorrow. we're going to see another round of potential severe weather once again in parts of illinois and into iowa as well where we don't need more rain because we've got the mississippi rifer river in

from georgia, tom ackerman sent us this report. >> reporter: after a minor driving violation, nicolehought she had paid her debt to society with the $1,400 in fines, fees and hours of community service. but two years later, she is still paying $35 every month to a company called centinal defenders? >> they call my phone and threaten me that i am going to go to jail. they will take me back in front of the judge. they are rude, real rude. >> 30 years ago, the u.s. supreme court ruled no one could be locked up because they didn't have the money to pay a fine. >> is routinely ignored by private protection service companies like this one which operate under contract to the local governments. the companies don't charge the government but they do impose repeated fees on those low-level offenders who can not immediately pay their fines. a court effectively gives them the power to declare someone who is behind in their payments subject to arrest. by some estimates, the contractors make annual $40 million profit in georgia alone. but according to a recent georgia government audit, the companie

. >> i'm tom abbing ackerman in mississippi.he story of freedom summer and its legacy coming up. with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! >>> the american flag which flew over ground zero returned to a long island home. it belongs to melissa bringel, the sister of a firefighter killed op september 11th. it was found on a front porch with a note saying, "i'm so sorry, i had no idea." the flag asked in time for the 4th of the july. >>> 50 years ago republicans and democrats were united in the liberal cause of the day, it was the president in the state of texas that used the core to persuade congress to pass the civil rights act. randall pinkston reports. >> i urge every american to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people. >> july 2nd, 1964 - president lyndon johnson, vouched by leaders and civil rights legend signed a law that was supposed to fix what a civil war and constitutional amendments left undone. >> prior to 1964 the united states lived with racial apar

tom ackerman has the story of a child. >> reporter: coming to the u.s. was never part of jos lean's plans. she said she didn't have a choice. >> if you come from some place because someone wants to kill you. if you go back, they'll kill you. >> reporter: jocelyn says some men angry with her stepfather, kidnapped, blind folded and dumped her. when they threatened to come back, the 16-year-old made a decision to fully. >> translation: to leave your family and everything, it's not much, but it's all you have. in 2011 her uncle hired a smuggler to take her through guatemala, to reyint her father. it was a journey by bus, and bissical and finally crossing the rio grand river. once you crossed the river, you run to a place, an abandoned house. >> then immigration catches you and you think all the effort you made, it's not worthwhile. at the time i didn't know i would have the opportunity to stay here. >> jocelyn is among 57,000 minors caught by u.s. law enforcement at or near the border. it's double the number in the previous year. more than half are escaping

tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: the horse and buggy, common in central ohio, home of the largest aimish community in the world. devout christian descend aned of swiss and german immigrants, they avoid motorized vehicles and routine visits to doctors. that changed since aimish relief volunteers returned from ty on-stricken philippines where measles claimed 70 lives. what the me brought back was the most serious outbreak of the disease in the u.s. since 1994. the most vulnerable infants and small children. >> almost all state, including ohio allow children to be ex-e from immunisation if parents hold religious or strong objections. aimish say trust in god provide application. several thousand showed up at clinics handling the new vaccine. the local health commissioner is hearing more aimish repeating anti-vaccine. those campaigners argue that vak as soon as possible are listened to autism, leukaemia and other disorders. >> the work of many that have been discredited certainly has been heard by the aimish community and they are concerned about that. >> the u.s. centers for disease control

from georgia tom ackerman has this report. >> after a minor driving violation nicole thought she hadaid her debt to society, with $1400 in fines, fees and hours of community service. two years later she's paying $35 every month to a company called sentinal offender services. >> do they threaten you you'll go to gaol? >> yes, they call my phone, i'll go to gaol, they'll take me in front of the judge. >> 30 years ago the u.s. supreme court ruled no one may be lost up because they didn't have the money to pay a fine. that is routinely ignored by private probation service companies that operate under contract to local governments. the companies do not charge the government but impose repeated fees on low-level offenders who cannot immediately pay the fines. by letting the contractors supervise probations a court effectively gives them the power to declare someone who is behind in their payments subject to arrest. by some estimates the contractors make a $40 million profit in georgia alone. according to a government audit the companies were found to have improperly extended probation term

al jazeera's tom ackerman has the story. >> reporter: the horse and buggy, a common sight on the roads of central ohio, home of the largest aimish community in the world. devout christian descendants, they avoid modern conveepss like motorized vehicles. that changing since a group of volunteers returned from philippines where measles claimed 70 lives this year. what the unvaccinated men brought back is a serious outbreak of the disease in the u.s. since 1994. the most vulnerable infants and small chime. children in public schools were exempt from immunization if their parents hold religious or other objections. the aimish say trust in god provides application. several thousands showed up at clip ucks set up to -- clinics set up to handle the new demand, also ipp okayulating against mumps and rubella. the local officials are hearing aimish repeat the claims of antibacteria movements. vaccines are linked to autism and leukaemia and other resources they say. >> the link has been discredited between autism and measles. it has been heard by the aimish community and they are concerned about