右图病得奄奄一息的老妇人叫李·塞维拉,现年55岁,因欠付35美元的退税款,被无情的州官用链条拴在病床上,尽管她已接近死神。李是在1982年被发现与法律抵触的,她在芝加哥的室内装饰业务没有退税,她的律师曾建议她申请破产,但这个骄傲的老妇人坚持说自己能应付。她未付的帐单有8000美元,为了维持业务,李同意分期付清,加上利息和罚款,她每月得交225美元,李付清了那笔帐。但州里查帐部门却发现她漏付35美元,并且没有早报。该州控告她漏税,并判她入狱14个月。当她的律师正在准备上诉时,李却被押进臭名昭著的科克监狱,与150余妓女和吸毒者在一起,后被保释。二个月后, The ill-planted old woman named Lee Sevilla, now 55, was tied to the bed by a relentless state official chain for failing to pay the $ 35 tax rebate, even though she was near death. Lee was found guilty of the law in 1982, and her interior decoration business in Chicago did not have a tax refund. Her lawyer had advised her to file for bankruptcy, but the proud old woman insisted she could handle it. Her unpaid invoice was $ 8,000 and in order to maintain her business, Lee agreed to pay installments, plus interest and fines, and she paid $ 225 a month and Lee paid off the bill. But the state audit department found that she missed $ 35 and did not have a morning paper. The state sued her for tax evasion and sentenced her to 14 months in jail. While her lawyer was preparing his appeal, Lee was escorted into the notorious Cork prison, where she was released on bail with more than 150 prostitutes and drug addicts. Two months later,