Bail reform has become a big topic nationally. But not all reform is good reform. Here, we collect articles about the realities and nuances of bail reform throughout America.
Bail reform has become a big topic nationally. But not all reform is good reform. Here, we collect articles about the realities and nuances of bail reform throughout America.
A coalition of groups in St. Louis, including The Bail Project, have released a detailed plan of action for how to close the decrepit and abominable St. Louis city jail known as The Workhouse....
The Bail Project's Mike Milton writes, "Bail reform is about fixing that fundamental inequity. This requires substantive, individualized hearings to make pretrial determinations about any risks to a person’s safety."...
From Pilar Weiss, Director of Community Justice Exchange: We are at a crossroads where campaigns to end money bail and pretrial incarceration must also contend with the broad and insidious introduction of risk assessment tools (RATs) as one of the “replacement” interventions the system wants to claim as “reform.” We created this guide for organizers contending with this tension -- how to engage with risk assessment tools in their work to end pretrial incarceration and mass supervision. ...