Now that Illinois purged wealth-based detention, implementation is its latest challenge. Stakeholders must stay true to the reform’s values.
Nicole Zayas ManzanoNovember 3, 2023
New changes to the bail schedules are a step in the right direction to strengthen due process
Jeremy ChersonOctober 1, 2023
With this decision, Illinois becomes the first state in the nation to completely eliminate the devastating use of cash bail, upholding the presumption of innocence.
Jeremy ChersonJuly 18, 2023
The announcement is coupled with the release of a new report that summarizes the organization’s local impact to-date and provides recommendations to improve the state and local pretrial systems.
Jeremy ChersonJune 26, 2023
A cash amount is all that stands in the way of millions being forced into deadly jails each year.
Erin GeorgeJune 16, 2023
Ohioans have a choice to make. Double down on a system of wealth-based pretrial detention that costs state taxpayers $266 million each year and results in stark racial disparities in who…
The Bail ProjectSeptember 7, 2022
Like cash bail, pretrial electronic monitoring is a flawed policy that does not enhance public safety or improve the likelihood that a person returns to court. Instead, it punishes people…
Jeremy ChersonAugust 29, 2022
Together, with data scientists and legal scholars, we argue that pretrial algorithms, also known as risk assessment tools, disproportionately harm people of color, oversimplify complex individual and case outcomes, undermine…
Jeremy ChersonJuly 15, 2022
"Nearly half a million people who are presumed innocent are sitting in jail cells across America," Glover said. "Most of them are there for one reason only: they cannot afford…
Shannon SoperOctober 14, 2019
