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Bail Reform
December 10, 2021
Molly Osberg
Working the Dinner Shift With Court Watch NYC
Each night, volunteers spread out through courtrooms to try to keep judges honest.
April 23, 2020
Vanessa Taylor
Leaving No Others Behind This Ramadan
A bail fund to help free detained Muslims finds new urgency as Covid-19 spreads rapidly through prisons and jails.
April 7, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Shock Doctrine Came for Bail Reform
Conservative opponents of cash bail reform in New York saw an opportunity in the pandemic—and took it.
April 6, 2020
Magazine
Nick Pinto
Bailing Out
Criminal justice reformers are rethinking the crusade against cash bail.
February 3, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The False Hope of “Bipartisan” Criminal Justice Reform
Trump's Super Bowl ad was rightly criticized for its political opportunism. It also exposed the limits of current efforts to reshape the justice system.
January 10, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Cash Bail Was Never About Safety
The reaction against bail reform exposes the lie of the old system: It was always about money.
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