“Money bond is ransom!” That’s what community members plastered on posters in protest as they advocated for a world where people’s freedom didn’t depend on their bank account balance. The assumption that those who can afford an arbitrarily assigned bond amount are less likely to be guilty is absurd. The assumption that pretrial incarceration determined […]
In 2019, we saw unprecedented progress in the conversation surrounding felony disenfranchisement. Last year, over a dozen states introduced legislation towards ending felony disenfranchisement: eleven (CA, WA, CO, IA, MN, CT, NJ, TX, KY, TN, NM) of those states were fighting to restore the voting rights of people immediately upon their release from prison and […]