Study: Some Grads Would Spend A Week In Jail To Erase Student Loan Debt

(CBS Local) — Four in five graduates with student loans think of their debt as a life sentence, according to new research, so it’s not hard to imagine how far people would go to to get rid of their debt, including going to jail.
A study of 1,000 undergraduate and 1,000 postgraduate degree holders revealed 89 percent of graduates say their student loan debt has become a financial burden, CBS affiliate WREG reported.
As many as 44.7 million Americans have student loan debt, according t