Federal Court Upholds New Jersey's Bail-Eliminating Pretrial Reforms
No constitutional right to pay cash for freedom if there are alternatives
No constitutional right to pay cash for freedom if there are alternatives
A new report shows that the recent trend of reducing prison populations is heavily an urban phenomenon.
Judges were told not require cash bail from defendants who were too poor to pay. Instead they're not offering bail at all.
Company throws weight behind reformers who want to end the practice of jailing people who cannot afford to pay.
Magistrates don't consider risk or ability to pay, leaving a system where people are stuck if they're poor.
Scaling back debtor's prisons in a state with one of the country's highest incarceration rates
The new district attorney's reform train keeps rolling.
"Time is truly of the essence here," said a lawyer for women imprisoned at Santa Rita Jail.
Potential pretrial reforms for those locked up in Nashville, Atlanta, Philly, or the Golden State.
In California's Santa Rita Jail, pregnant inmates were pressured to have abortions, forced to go without food, and made to live in unsanitary conditions, a new lawsuit alleges.
"The county operates a wealth-based system of detention. Every day people are held in jail simply because they can't afford very small amounts of money."
Less pretrial jail, more forfeiture restrictions
Transparency is an important prerequisite for reform, but it's not enough on its own.
A new report gives the country a D for its pretrial justice system. But there are reasons to be optimistic.
"We don't have enough space for them," said sheriff.
Millions of dollars in grants will go to eight different jurisdictions to keep people away from jail.
Again left urban leadership embraces federalism, but for the purpose of protecting funds for police militarization.
Twenty percent fewer people stuck in cells simply because they cannot afford to pay
This is why law enforcement should not have control over whether footage is released.
Legislation tries to end lack of money as an excuse for keeping non-dangerous people in cells until trial.
The Oregon jail has sat empty since it opened in 2004.
Man died after seven days without water in Milwaukee County's jail.
Prosecutors in Milwaukee County ask a jury to consider whether to charge anybody.
Tulsa County owes $10.2 million in damages.
Justice Dept. threatens intervention to stop unconstituional 'investigative holds.'
Effort to stop using money to determine who can go free.
County sued for not caring whether defendants can pay high bails.
The D.C. jail has been a disaster for more than 100 years. Can a new jail avoid the mistakes of the past?
Group says Santa Fe tosses misdemeanor violators in jail if they can't pay-and starves them, too.
Amid a civil rights lawsuit alleging it operates unconstitutional debtor's prisons, Illinois is committing to reforming its bail practices.
Says county refuses to pay medical bills
Outrage over the handling of a Harris County rape case could lead to reform in the state's witness-detention processes.
The 1994 crime bill is a classic study in Clintonian triangulation.
The city has spent nearly $2 million on leave pay plus legal costs.
Prison and jail policies "must allow for housing by gender identity when appropriate" say new federal guidelines.
"We cannot both be a nation that believes in the principle of innocent until proven guilty, yet incarcerate over 450,000 Americans who have not been convicted of a crime," says Rep. Ted Lieu.
The most successful solitary confinement reform this year will release 1,000 prisoners.
Another unintentional death sentence.
Macomb County man David Stojcevski died of drug withdrawal and neglect as officials ignored his plight.
Bland's mother says "she never should have been inside of a jail."
Court declares newspaper ban in Chicago-area jails to be a violation of inmates' First Amendment rights.
Latest scandal mild in comparison to other recent abuse and corruption cases at Alabama county jails.
Josh Gravens went to prison when he was 12 for touching his sister's vagina. Now he's fighting to change the laws that destroyed his life.
But does it matter what the excuse is for keeping him in jail six weeks if it was wrong?
Finding common ground on criminal justice and prison reform for America's right.