A collection of news stories about The Bail Project’s efforts across the country.
St. Louis bail disruptor Tracy Stanton penned a powerful op-ed for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sharing her personal experience at the inhumane Workhouse jail....
The Bail Project's statewide advocacy and policy manager Mike Milton wrote an op-ed for the St. Louis American on the critical need to address the systemic issues of poverty, institutional racism and public health inequities which drive so many into the criminal legal system....
Kentucky was an early adopter of risk assessments in an effort to release more people without bail. But the algorithms are reproducing systemic inequities....
In the weeks since George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis, a broader swatch of Americans, including many white Americans, have begun to engage in conversations about how systemic racism shapes the criminal justice system in the U.S. The dialogue has often focused on shifting money away from law enforcement and into social services, housing initiatives and jobs programs. But another key part of dismantling a system that disproportionately incarcerates Black and Latino men, activists say, rests in abolishing a cash-bail framework that can lock people into cycles of poverty and legal discrimination....
Nationwide, there’s a growing use of GPS monitoring for people charged with crimes. But the practice is largely unregulated, leaving many with huge personal and financial costs....
"Bail reform is ultimately about protecting the bedrock principle of the American legal system — the presumption of innocence — and ensuring that it applies to all of us equally."...
“We don't want someone who is not been found guilty of anything to be locked up in jail and pretty much be given a death sentence potentially, because of COVID-19." -Anthony Body, Cleveland Bail Disruptor....
We're re-orienting teams from across the country to focus on Cook County, the site of a major COVID-19 outbreak....
Our state regional coordinator in Michigan writes, "Certain moments define a society and its leaders. And this is one of them. Unless St. Louis city and county officials take action now, this pandemic will create a humanitarian disaster in our jails, putting lives at risk."...
