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California’s Justice System Is a Debt Trap

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|Date: August 06, 2019
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California’s Justice System Is a Debt Trap

By Adrienna Wong Erica Smith was making a fresh start. After being forced out of her home by domestic vio ...

By Adrienna Wong Erica Smith was making a fresh start. After being forced out of her home by domestic violence, she had spent the last three years cycling between homelessness and jail for petty offen ...

August 06, 2019
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Bill By Senator Mitchell Would Restrict Ability to Collect Court Administrative Fees

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2019
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Bill By Senator Mitchell Would Restrict Ability to Collect Court Administrative Fees

One of the biggest problems in the criminal justice system is that when people are released from prison, ...

One of the biggest problems in the criminal justice system is that when people are released from prison, they still owe a huge host of fines and fees. These fines and fees end up shackling vulnerable ...

May 07, 2019
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Court Fines and Fees Are Literally Trapping Poor People in the System for Life

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2019
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Court Fines and Fees Are Literally Trapping Poor People in the System for Life

When you think of pressing criminal justice reform issues you may think of wrongful convictions, over-pro ...

When you think of pressing criminal justice reform issues you may think of wrongful convictions, over-prosecution, the death penalty, the crisis of indigent defense, maybe bail reform and probably a w ...

March 10, 2019
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New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins overturns policies for criminal justice reform made by Chesa Boudin

Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

Report Finds LCFF Has Failed to Live Up to Its Promise of Equitable Outcomes

Guest Commentary: Baseless Political Attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

CURB Releases ‘Concrete Strategy’ Roadmap to Close Prisons, Urges CA Governor to Shutter 10 Prisons and Prioritize Decarceration

Bronx Defenders Responds to Proposals that would Expand Criminalization of Poverty

‘First Step Act’ – GAO Reports on Federal Efforts to Help Reduce Recidivism and Re-Entry to Federal Prisons

Defense Objects to Prosecution Request for Accused’s Juvenile Medical Records; Judge Postpones Hearing After Complaint

Judge Denies Petition of Man Seeking Resentencing in Murder Conviction During 2010 Home Invasion

League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35

California’s Justice System Is a Debt Trap

California’s Justice System Is a Debt Trap

Bill By Senator Mitchell Would Restrict Ability to Collect Court Administrative Fees

Bill By Senator Mitchell Would Restrict Ability to Collect Court Administrative Fees

Court Fines and Fees Are Literally Trapping Poor People in the System for Life

Court Fines and Fees Are Literally Trapping Poor People in the System for Life

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