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Is Calling Someone a Criminal Insensitive, or Inaccurate?
In recent decades, media outlets and nonprofit organizations have made a concerted attempt to rewrite the way we talk about people that come into contact with the criminal justice system. Eddie Ellis,...
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Our 2023 Annual Report
A Year to Remember 2023 was a pivotal year for The Bail Project. As we celebrate our sixth anniversary, we’re thrilled to share our journey with you through our Annual Report. 2023 ANNUAL REPORT This...
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What TV Gets Right and Wrong About the Pretrial System
If you’re anything like me, you love crime shows. I’ve certainly been known to spend some of my time – perhaps too much time – binge-watching my favorites. It’s easy to get caught up in these other...
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Do We Post Bail for Protesters?
In the face of injustice or a shared yearning for change, Americans have historically exercised their right to assemble in public spaces, fervently engaging in protests that echo the principles...
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Five Questions About Texas Bail Reform
States and jurisdictions across the United States are ending their reliance on cash bail. Harris County, Texas – the home of Houston and third largest urban jurisdiction in the country – is one model...
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Minor Offenses, Major Consequences
If you’ve ever seen a courtroom show on television, you’re familiar with the scene: a prosecutor recites a list of violent crimes; the judge slams their gavel down, saying, “Bail is set in the amount...
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Turning a blind eye to the bail bond industry
Last April, Raad Almansoori was booked in an Orlando jail and charged with assaulting and sexually battering a woman and then stealing her car. When Orlando’s 9th Circuit prosecutors dropped all but...
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What People Get Wrong About Public Safety
Safety is more than a measure of the presence or absence of crime. It is also safety from the economic, social, and environmental conditions that can lead to harm or diminished life outcomes. This can...
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Five Questions About Reproductive Healthcare in Jails
Women are the fastest growing group of incarcerated people and the vast majority are of reproductive age. Reproductive health care – which refers to a gamut of services, including but not limited to...
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Out of Pocket: The High Cost of Pretrial Incarceration
People tend to say that government budgets are political value statements – they represent choices made by our lawmakers about what to spend money on and what not to spend money on. The cost of...
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Kentucky Governor Sides with Community Safety in Vetoing Broken Safer...
With his veto on April 9, Gov. Beshear signaled he would neither be complacent nor stand idly by while the state’s elected representatives foolishly advance House Bill 5, a bill that will harm public...
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You’ve Filed Your Taxes, Now Where Do They Go?
Your taxes are finally filed. Whether you ultimately owed more or received a refund, it’s hard not to notice how much from your paychecks over the last year went to the federal government. But what...
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10 Times the Bail System Benefited the Ultrarich
America’s cash bail system creates two tiers of justice – one for the wealthy and one for everyone else. Regardless of what someone is accused of when arrested, if a judge grants bail and they can...
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Georgia’s New Cash Bail Law Seeks to Punish the Poor – And Protestors Too
In a troubling move that overturns criminal justice reforms passed in 2018, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday a Republican-backed bill expanding the use of cash bail. Starting July 1,...
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Michigan Mothers Deserve Pretrial Freedom
As families across the country come together for Mother’s Day this year, tens of thousands of incarcerated mothers will be separated from their children and loved ones. Instead of celebrating with...
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Who Had the Highest Misdemeanor Bail in U.S. History? A Human Rights Lawyer
Play Video Video Transcript My name is Steven Donziger. I’m a human rights lawyer and I was given the highest bail for a misdemeanor in U.S. history. Cash bail is inherently discriminatory and unfair....
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Big Hit: Reuniting with Hit-Boy & Surviving Brutality in L.A. County Jail
Play Video Video Transcript I’m Big Hit, Chauncey Hollis. My son is Hit-Boy, same thing, that’s a junior. We up here at Chalice Studios. This is basically where all the magic is made. This where I’m...
View ArticleFive Questions about Supervised Release in New York City
In 2016, New York City introduced Supervised Release, a community-based support and supervision program that judges can assign to people charged with crimes who would otherwise be incarcerated as they...
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Are Risk Assessment Tools Setting the Stage for AI Judges?
Imagine you walk into a courthouse and seated at the judge’s bench is a computer. Not someone wearing a robe, no gavel, and no human interaction, just an open laptop calculating responses, scores, and...
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Bail vs. Bond: Is there a difference?
If you were to ask a friend or neighbor what the difference between “bail” and “bond” is, more likely than not, they would be hard pressed for an answer. There is such a high volume of terms that...
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