What is Debtor's Prison?

Fleet Prison is the oldest prison in Britain. Built in the 12th century, it is named after London's Fleet bank. The earliest place for detaining debtors who were unable to pay their debts. Later it was used to imprison political prisoners sentenced to imprisonment by opposition courts and feudal dictatorships. Since the Middle Ages, British prisons have implemented a method of paying prisoners in terms of management to increase the royal family's financial revenue. Fleet Prison was the most expensive prison at the time. During the middle to the second half of the 16th century, different fees were charged depending on the prisoner's original social status. ^[1]