Cash Bail Fuels “Legal Plunder”
Sociologist Joshua Page on how cash bail traps families in debt while feeding government and corporate profit.
The Bail ProjectDecember 3, 2025
Freedom Should Be Free: The Bail Project’s 2025 Annual Report
In a year of headwinds, our community showed what perseverance really looks like.
The Bail ProjectDecember 1, 2025
New Explainer: Homelessness Shouldn’t Be a Crime
Cash bail traps people in cycles of poverty and homelessness. Our new explainer shows why jailing people for being poor harms communities.
The Bail ProjectNovember 25, 2025
Rachael Rollins Against the Machine
Boston’s first female district attorney showed how far reform can go — and how hard the system resists.
The Bail ProjectNovember 24, 2025
One Argument Changed Everything
Jailed in Tulsa, Jordan’s struggle to stay connected to her children became a fight for family and stability.
The Bail ProjectNovember 20, 2025
The Fight Over Freedom in D.C.
Fear, not facts, drives a federal push to restore cash bail in D.C., threatening local autonomy and hard-won pretrial reforms. Violent crime has dropped to its lowest level in more…
The Bail ProjectNovember 18, 2025
On the Hook
Sociologist Faith Deckard on how commercial bail makes families the hidden workforce of pretrial justice
The Bail ProjectNovember 3, 2025
What Is Cashless Bail?
Don’t fall for the spin. “Cashless bail” is a political buzzword – real bail reform is about fairness, not fear.
The Bail ProjectOctober 22, 2025
When the Children of the Incarcerated Go to School
The Bail Project’s Lucretia Doyle remembers what that felt like. Every fall, she shows up for kids like her.
The Bail ProjectOctober 22, 2025
When Judges Have Little Time and Less Data
With little time and less evidence, judges routinely set bail based on prosecutor recommendations.
The Bail ProjectOctober 16, 2025
