FINES AND FEES LEGISLATION PRE-PANDEMIC
San Francisco County, CA eliminated all county-imposed criminal justice fees and moved to discharge $33 million in criminal justice debt owed by more than 21,000 people. Th
FINES AND FEES CHANGES UNDER COVID
Most states are waiving enforcement of fee delinquency or deferring payments on fees due for up to 90 days. And a few are even providing free bars of soap once per week
BLACK LIVES MATTER RESPONSES
San Francisco: Ending the use of police in response to non-criminal activity; Addressing police bias Demilitarizing the police; and Promoting economic justice. Seattle: A unanimous
LOS ANGELES DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKES SWEEPING CHANGE
Los Angeles County has a new, reformist District Attorney, and he’s wasting no time in making sweeping changes in the country’s largest prosecutor’s office. After
CASH BAIL IMPACT
Cash bail (pre-pandemic) Three out of 5 people in U.S. jails today have not been convicted of a crime. This amounts to nearly half a million people sitting in jails each day, despi