COMMENTARY

Storytelling can reveal behavioral patterns and systemic failures that quantitative metrics often miss.

Trump recently declared bail reform is contributing to a public safety “emergency” in Washington, but research says otherwise.

Bail decisions should be kept to the states, not the federal government. Federal overreach regarding cashless bail is a mistake.

Politicians play tough on crime. The truth is, bail reform works.

Texas politicians are wasting your money to punish the working class.

The cash bail system unjustly punishes poverty, disproportionately harms Black communities, and undermines the presumption of innocence, making freedom dependent on wealth rather than justice.

Bail reform increases public safety. By adopting bail reform, we can create safer communities, reduce costs, and make sure that jail is a last resort.

In U.S. News & World Report, The Bail Project’s CEO draws on his experience in jail to call for bail reform.

Bail funds play a powerful and important role not only in reducing the structural harms caused by our nation’s reliance on failing cash bail policies, but also in strengthening and…