Bail Reform

Republican misdemeanor judges in Houston have clung to an unconstitutional bail system. But their intransigence could cost them their seats.

A Texas jail suicide involving a woman who couldn’t make bail in a shoplifting case highlights of the plight of pretrial detainees with mental illness.

Judges are still setting bail at unaffordable levels, and more people are being held without bond.

District attorneys’ comments belie the true purpose of bail in New York and ignore the safety risks of jail itself.

The passage of Senate Bill 10 would decimate the bail industry, but many advocates say it falls short of true reform.

Josie and Clint talk with the artist about criminal justice reform and his #FREEAMERICA campaign.

The criminal court was funneling millions of dollars a year from poor communities.

An email obtained by The Appeal shows Kim Ogg’s office is intentionally asking for unaffordable bail amounts to hold certain people in jail in Texas.

Taking electronic monitoring to the next level.

And padding city and state coffers with millions of dollars.

With journalist Bryce Covert.

Introducing a new podcast from The Appeal, featuring Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith III.

Pedro Hernandez’s case has inspired calls for reform, but he’s still being targeted for an alleged cell phone theft.

Prosecutors and judges across the country are starting to feel eyes on them.

In overdose-wracked Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a small-time dealer is denied bail, while the number of drug induced homicide cases has skyrocketed.

In September of 2017, Atlanta Police arrested 48-year-old Sean Ramsey for holding up a sign that read “homeless, please help,” an apparent violation of a law forbidding pedestrians from soliciting rides or business.

Across the state, most incumbents successfully fended off progressive challengers during the June 5 primary.

As part of a growing push to end the use of cash bail, a national movement is calling attention to the plight of defendants held in jail simply because they can’t afford to pay their way out.

Alaska’s new comprehensive criminal justice reform law will reduce the prison population by 13% and save taxpayers $380 million.

A new app seeks to liberate people from more than “liberal malaise.”

Jail isn’t the “appropriate place” for all that get arrested, he says

A local solution to a national problem.