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Our top picks for essential reading on bail reform, mass incarceration, and The Bail Project’s efforts across the country.

Non-profit bails dozens of people out of WashCo jail

“The Bail Project is the first of its kind in the Natural State and in its three weeks operating in Northwest Arkansas, it’s been able to pay for 20 people to walk out from behind bars.”

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September 17, 2019

Prosecutors in Prince George’s will no longer recommend cash bail for defendants

Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha N. Braveboy announced her office will no longer request cash bail as a condition of release, but some worry the change could lead to an increase in GPS monitoring or judges holding people without bond.

by The Washington Post

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September 16, 2019

The 1994 crime bill and beyond

The law is now seen by many as a major driver of mass incarceration.

by Brennan Center

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September 11, 2019

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East Baton Rouge Parish jails people at rates far higher than New Orleans and Lafayette

by The Advocate
September 17, 2019
Non-profit bails dozens of people out of WashCo jail

by KNWA
September 17, 2019
Federal judge rebukes anti-bail reform Houston DA for using the Willie Horton Strategy

by The Appeal Politics
September 16, 2019
Prosecutors in Prince George’s will no longer recommend cash bail for defendants

by The Washington Post
September 16, 2019
The 1994 crime bill and beyond

by Brennan Center
September 11, 2019
Death and politics roil a Georgia jail

by Reuters
September 10, 2019
The Bail Project lands in Northwest Arkansas

by KUAF
September 9, 2019
Arkansas county where The Bail Project works seeks jail expansion

by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
September 9, 2019
Algorithms should’ve made Kentucky courts more fair. What went wrong?

by WIRED
September 6, 2019
Organization helps people who can’t afford to get out of jail in Charlotte, North Carolina

by WSOCTV
September 5, 2019

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Non-profit bails dozens of people out of WashCo jail

by KNWA
September 17, 2019
The Bail Project lands in Northwest Arkansas

by KUAF
September 9, 2019
Organization helps people who can’t afford to get out of jail in Charlotte, North Carolina

by WSOCTV
September 5, 2019
Local developer releases video suggesting jail as cure for downtown Spokane crime

by The Spokesman-Review
August 30, 2019
Under The Arch podcast featuring The Bail Project – St. Louis

by Under The Arch
August 28, 2019
How cash bail hurts poor women—and what we can do about it

by Ms. Magazine
August 13, 2019
A conversation between The Bail Project’s Robin Steinberg on the Future Hindsight podcast

by Future Hindsight
August 12, 2019
Washington County, Arkansas, looks to The Bail Project to help with jail overcrowding

by KNWA
August 7, 2019
Minority groups jailed at greater rates than whites in Spokane County

by Spokane Public Radio
July 31, 2019
In Chicago, incarceration rates drop nearly 20% under Kim Foxx

by WTTW
July 30, 2019

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Non-profit bails dozens of people out of WashCo jail

by KNWA
September 17, 2019
Federal judge rebukes anti-bail reform Houston DA for using the Willie Horton Strategy

by The Appeal Politics
September 16, 2019
Prosecutors in Prince George’s will no longer recommend cash bail for defendants

by The Washington Post
September 16, 2019
The 1994 crime bill and beyond

by Brennan Center
September 11, 2019
Bronx Defenders’ revised statement on the closing of Rikers Island and the creation of borough-based jails

by Bronx Defenders
September 5, 2019
Law enforcement’s old guard claims that policing low-level crime protects communities. That’s not just wrong; it’s dangerous

by The Appeal
September 3, 2019
States are trying to change a system that keeps poor people in jail. The bail industry is blocking them

by CNN
August 30, 2019
New online tool to track Chicago gun suspects released on bail draws fire

by Associated Press
August 28, 2019
Under The Arch podcast featuring The Bail Project – St. Louis

by Under The Arch
August 28, 2019
The Trump administration is coming for progressive prosecutors

by Slate
August 22, 2019

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Some Arizona defendants are being charged hundreds a month for their own GPS monitoring

by The Arizona Republic
August 22, 2019
ICE cranks up use of electronic monitoring in immigrant raids

by Challenging E-Carceration
August 21, 2019
How electronic monitoring drives defendants into debt

by ProPublica / New York Magazine
July 3, 2019
“Should We Be Afraid of AI in the Criminal Justice System?”

by The Atlantic
June 20, 2019
Video bail hearings on the rise, despite undermining people’s constitutional rights.

by The Appeal
June 10, 2019
“Travis County sees big increase in electronic monitoring”

by Austin Monitor
June 4, 2019
“In New Orleans, ankle monitors, fees, donations to judge raise concerns”

by The New Orleans Advocate
May 15, 2019
“Will controversy over risk assessments break Philly’s touted criminal-justice reform collaboration?”

by philly.com
May 8, 2019
A “computer glitch” left hundreds of thousands of people off the jury rolls in Louisiana.

by The New York Times
April 10, 2019
“A Closer Look at Albany Democrats’ Compromise on Bail Reform”

by Gotham Gazette
April 5, 2019

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Algorithms should’ve made Kentucky courts more fair. What went wrong?

by WIRED
September 6, 2019
California Judicial Council OKs $68M for pretrial-release pilot program

by Courthouse News
August 19, 2019
How a tool to help judges may be leading them astray

by The Appeal
August 9, 2019
California set to greatly expand controversial pretrial risk assessments

by Filter Magazine
August 7, 2019
The problems with risk assessment tools

by New York Times
July 17, 2019
Can racist algorithms be fixed?

by The Marshall Project
July 1, 2019
“Report on Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools in the U.S. Criminal Justice System”

by Partnership on AI
June 10, 2019
“Will controversy over risk assessments break Philly’s touted criminal-justice reform collaboration?”

by philly.com
May 8, 2019
“The Legislation That Targets the Racist Impacts of Tech”

by The New York Times
May 7, 2019
A “computer glitch” left hundreds of thousands of people off the jury rolls in Louisiana.

by The New York Times
April 10, 2019

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East Baton Rouge Parish jails people at rates far higher than New Orleans and Lafayette

by The Advocate
September 17, 2019
Death and politics roil a Georgia jail

by Reuters
September 10, 2019
Arkansas county where The Bail Project works seeks jail expansion

by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
September 9, 2019
Bronx Defenders’ revised statement on the closing of Rikers Island and the creation of borough-based jails

by Bronx Defenders
September 5, 2019
Local developer releases video suggesting jail as cure for downtown Spokane crime

by The Spokesman-Review
August 30, 2019
States are trying to change a system that keeps poor people in jail. The bail industry is blocking them

by CNN
August 30, 2019
‘Nobody cared’: A woman gave birth alone in a jail cell after her cries for help were ignored, lawsuit says

by The Washington Post
August 29, 2019
Under The Arch podcast featuring The Bail Project – St. Louis

by Under The Arch
August 28, 2019
Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problems

by Prison Policy Initative
August 28, 2019
Federal prison suicides were quietly rising before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in a New York detention center

by USA Today
August 23, 2019

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Innocent man spent months in jail for bringing honey back to United States

by The Washington Post
August 26, 2019
Migrant families would face indefinite detention under new Trump rule

by The New York Times
August 22, 2019
ICE cranks up use of electronic monitoring in immigrant raids

by Challenging E-Carceration
August 21, 2019
Federal ruling in San Diego could toss hundreds of ‘improper’ immigrant convictions

by KPBS
July 29, 2019
More than 2,000 migrants were targeted in raids. Thirty-five were arrested

by The New York Times
July 23, 2019
“LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Need Protection From Our Government, Not Hostility”

by Bustle
June 25, 2019
What happens to pregnant women in immigration detention

by NPR
June 24, 2019
ICE is sending asylum-seekers to a private prison with documented abuse in remote part of Louisiana

by Mother Jones
June 11, 2019
“Asylum Seekers Face New Restraints Under Latest Trump Orders”

by The New York Times
May 21, 2019
“More immigrants are giving up court fights and leaving the U.S., rather than languish in a detention facility”

by The Marshall Project
May 21, 2019

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Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problems

by Prison Policy Initative
August 28, 2019
Crime rates in largest U.S. cities continue to drop, reaching near-record lows

by Brennan Center for Justice
June 12, 2019
“Only 2% of federal criminal defendants go to trial, and most who do are found guilty”

by Pew Research Center
June 11, 2019
“Disparate Justice: Where Kentuckians Live Determines Whether They Stay in Jail Because They Can’t Afford Cash Bail”

by Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
June 11, 2019
“Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans”

by Vera Institute of Justice
June 10, 2019
“A Debt of Care: Commercial Bail and the Gendered Logic of Criminal Justice Predation”

by The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
June 10, 2019
“Report on Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools in the U.S. Criminal Justice System”

by Partnership on AI
June 10, 2019
“Does our county really need a bigger jail?”

by Prison Policy Initiative
May 21, 2019
“Who Experiences Violent Victimization and Who Accesses Services?”

by Center for Victim Research
April 20, 2019
“Pretrial Release Without Money: New York City, 1987-2018”

by New York City Criminal Justice Agency
April 1, 2019

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When poverty means living in fear of arrest

by Aaron Cantú
August 12, 2019
Getting out of jail after dark can be dangerous—and sometimes deadly

by Mother Jones
August 2, 2019
A blow to the deportation machine in San Diego

by Aaron Cantú
July 29, 2019
50 years ago today. #Pride

by Lillian Kalish & Jacob Koffler
June 28, 2019
“You move mountains.”

by The Bail Project Team
June 19, 2019
It Takes a Village: A Story from Spokane

by The Bail Project Team
May 1, 2019
Tax day sucks – especially when $14 billion go to pretrial detention

by The Bail Project team
April 11, 2019
“It doesn’t always have to be family, but you need someone in your support system.”

by The Bail Project team
March 22, 2019
Bailouts + Organizing = Closing Jails in St. Louis

by Mike Milton
March 18, 2019
Meet the faces of The Bail Project

by The Bail Project team
March 12, 2019

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