Nikki Trautman Baszynski Nikki Trautman Baszynski Managing Editor, The Point Nikki Baszynski previously worked in the Appeals and Postconviction Section of the Ohio Public Defender. In 2015, Nikki founded the Ohio Public Defender’s Racial Justice Initiative, an agency-based team focused on identifying racially discriminatory practices and collaborating across departments to address them. Prior to joining Ohio Public Defender, Nikki represented juvenile trafficking victims in delinquency proceedings as the inaugural Greif Fellow in Juvenile Human Trafficking. Before law school, she served as a Teach For America corps member in the Bronx and a founding teacher of the Columbus Collegiate Academy. She graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2006 and the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2013.
States Should Give Temporary Guaranteed Income to People Exiting Incarceration Nikki Trautman Baszynski
Philadelphia’s Next District Attorney Must Continue to Reject the Failed War on Drugs Nikki Trautman Baszynski
Philadelphia’s District Attorney Must Continue the Work to End Mass Supervision Nikki Trautman Baszynski
Maryland Governor Should Sign Bill Giving Renters Access to Counsel During Evictions Nikki Trautman Baszynski
Biden Must Nominate U.S. Attorneys Who Will Implement Needed Criminal Justice Reforms Nikki Trautman Baszynski
Rising Jail Populations Require Quick Responses Jails across the country are nearing or exceeding pre-pandemic incarceration levels. Government officials—especially judges, sheriffs, and prosecutors—must work quickly to release people inside jails and divert those who are still being booked into them. Nikki Trautman Baszynski
Biden Can Help End The Federal Incarceration Crisis With The Stroke Of A Pen Nikki Trautman Baszynski
