PRESS RELEASES Response to Passage of HR 8205 House Bill Weaponizes Federal Insurance Fraud Statute to Target Charitable Bail Funds. The Bail Project Responds.Jeremy ChersonSeptember 26, 2024
CLIENT STORIES Pretrial Incarceration Nearly Ended His Treatment for Methamphetamine Addiction Ronnie’s story shows how cash bail and unnecessary pretrial incarceration can threaten people’s physical and mental health.Melissa EtehadAugust 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASES The Bail Project Ceases Operations in Atlanta Due to Regressive Georgia Law Closure Expected to Worsen Overcrowding and Crisis at Fulton County JailJeremy ChersonJune 10, 2024
LEARNPOLICY Michigan Mothers Deserve Pretrial Freedom The vast majority of women in jail haven’t been convicted of anything, yet unaffordable cash bail traps them behind bars.Emma StammenMay 9, 2024
POLICY Bail Bond Industry Chooses Profit Over People and Policy Charitable bail funds and your right to equal justice are at risk thanks to the billion-dollar bail bond industry.Lizzie TriboneMay 3, 2024
PRESS RELEASES With Dangerous Veto Override, Kentucky Lawmakers Turn Misguided “Safer Kentucky Act” Into Law The Kentucky legislature’s actions fail to offer solutions to persistent public safety challengesJeremy ChersonApril 12, 2024
LEARNPOLICY Kentucky Governor Sides with Community Safety in Vetoing Broken Safer Kentucky Act Gov. Beshear is not willing to gamble the safety and livelihoods of Kentuckians for a short-sighted political win.Carrie ColeApril 11, 2024
PRESS RELEASES The Bail Project Opposes the Safer Kentucky Act Key provisions of the bill include unnecessary restrictions of charitable bail organizations that will harm KentuckiansJeremy ChersonJanuary 10, 2024