This is and always has been an unconstitutional return to debtor prisons. How much of the money owed is being paid to support the children when the in arears father is in jail? I am hard pressed to recall any mother who has been jailed for non-payment. There is also no accounting at all to prove that the money is used to support the kids which it is not in too many cases.
He also owes it all when he gets out. It can follow him the rest of his life.
The article references mothers who were jailed for failing to pay support.