Mrs. Green stood in front of the bench, her small frame swallowed by the orange jail jumpsuit. 82 years old, hunched over, her hands trembling as she tried to steady herself. She looked more like someone who should’ve been resting at home than standing in a courtroom. She had been arrested on an old bench warrant. Months of unpaid parking tickets had snowballed into debt she could never afford. When she couldn’t pay, the system treated her like it treated everyone else, processed, booked, and lo