Mae’r costau ychwanegol sy’n deillio o’r broses draddodi ac o anfon rhywun i’r carchar am beidio â thalu’r dreth gyngor; methiant y ddedfryd o garchar i fynd i’r afael ag achosion gwaelodol y ddyled, a’r effaith ar ddyfodol a llesiant y sawl sy’n cael ei garcharu a’i anwyliaid, yn golygu bellach nad oes modd i’r mater hwn gael ei adael heb ei herio.
The additional costs associated with the committal process and with imprisoning someone for non-payment of council tax; the failure of imprisonment to address the underlying causes of the debt and the impact on the future and wellbeing of those who are sent to prison and those closest to them can no longer be left unchallenged. The sanction of imprisonment was introduced as a mechanism for compelling the payment of council tax rather than for punishing non-payment.