When it comes to successful pretrial reform, Professor Brandon L. Garrett explains there's no need to mess with Harris County, Texas.
Lizzie TriboneMarch 4, 2024
Findings from the O’Donnell Monitor in Harris County show that minimizing cash bail yields great community benefits and cost savings.
Jeremy ChersonMarch 4, 2024
Bigger isn’t always better. Texas’ big bail system causes far more problems than it solves.
Nicole Zayas ManzanoApril 17, 2023
Governor signals support for ill-advised changes to Texas’s pretrial system.
Jeremy ChersonFebruary 17, 2023
Women like Marcella are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population, yet their needs are often overlooked.
Melissa EtehadDecember 19, 2022
Hervis was arrested and held on $100k bail for allegedly voting while on parole.
Melissa EtehadNovember 8, 2022
Today, Governor Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 6 (SB 6), which expands the use of cash bail in Texas. In response, The Bail Project issued the following statement.
The Bail ProjectSeptember 13, 2021
When Kamren, a Black man living in Austin, was held pretrial at the Travis County Jail, he worried about the financial and emotional toll his incarceration would take on his…
Shannon SoperMay 4, 2021