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After Money Bail: Lifting the Veil on Pretrial Detention

After Money Bail: Lifting the Veil on Pretrial Detention

By Sandra G. Mayson

Ending money bail will not itself produce justice because we have been using money bail, and the detention it produces, to meet a host of social needs. Forsaking it will require us to find better ways to meet them.

Reading Bail Reform Through a Critical Race Lens

Reading Bail Reform Through a Critical Race Lens

By Sean Allan Hill II

Critical race theory can supply a framework for interpreting bail reform, as it renders legible the carceral reproduction of racial hierarchies as well as the law’s normalization of anti-Black criminalization.

Community Bail Funds as a Tool for Prison Abolition

Community Bail Funds as a Tool for Prison Abolition

By Brett Davidson, Elisabeth Epps, Sharyln Grace, Atara Rich-Shea

Four organizers with the National Bail Fund Network explore how community bail funds can serve as tools to advance abolitionist movement building.

Moving from Ending Money Bail to Demanding Pretrial Freedom

Moving from Ending Money Bail to Demanding Pretrial Freedom

By Brett Davidson, Elisabeth Epps, Sharyln Grace, Atara Rich-Shea

Four organizers with the National Bail Fund Network provide a critique of dominant “bail reform” agendas, arguing for a more ambitious vision of pretrial freedom.

“Bail Reform” & Carceral Control: A Critique of New York’s New Bail Laws

“Bail Reform” & Carceral Control: A Critique of New York’s New Bail Laws

By Survived and Punished NY

In this post, Survived & Punished NY presents an abolitionist critique of New York’s bail reform statute, calling for a bolder vision of freedom and a broader scope of change.

What Comes After Money Bail? An LPE Perspective on Pretrial Detention

What Comes After Money Bail? An LPE Perspective on Pretrial Detention

By Jocelyn Simonson

This is the first post in our series on Money Bail. Click here to read all posts in the series.  It is no longer controversial to say that our current system of money bail is flawed. When more than 400,000 people are incarcerated pretrial at any one time—a majority there because they cannot afford the amount…

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