Cash bail has no place in a justice system that promises equal justice under the law.
Jeremy ChersonApril 6, 2023
Governor signals support for ill-advised changes to Texas’s pretrial system.
Jeremy ChersonFebruary 17, 2023
National Director of Operations David Gaspar to lead The Bail Project, succeeding Founder and CEO Robin Steinberg.
Jeremy ChersonFebruary 15, 2023
Proposed resolution to amend the state constitution stands to expand preventive detention without protecting the individual rights of the accused or limiting the use of cash bail.
Jeremy ChersonJanuary 25, 2023
As National Director of Policy, Erin George will lead The Bail Project’s strategy to use its distinctive expertise and data to support policy/advocacy efforts at the local, state, and federal…
Jeremy ChersonDecember 14, 2022
Like cash bail, pretrial electronic monitoring is a flawed policy that does not enhance public safety or improve the likelihood that a person returns to court. Instead, it punishes people…
Jeremy ChersonAugust 29, 2022
Together, with data scientists and legal scholars, we argue that pretrial algorithms, also known as risk assessment tools, disproportionately harm people of color, oversimplify complex individual and case outcomes, undermine…
Jeremy ChersonJuly 15, 2022
