In response to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signing the Pretrial Fairness Act on February 22, 2021, which eliminates the use of money bail in the state of Illinois, Meghan Guevara, an Executive Partner ...
What's Happening in Pretrial Justice, former known as Where Pretrial Improvements are Happening, was a quarterly update of pretrial reforms around the country. This is the final, full report for 2019.
Arch City Defenders, along with private law firms, brought a lawsuit on behalf of people who had been held pretrial at the county jail. Hopple v. St. Francois County alleges inhumane conditions including ...
Reuters conducted its own tally of fatalities in America’s biggest jails, pinpointing where suicide, botched healthcare and bad jailkeeping are claiming lives in a system with scant oversight. Reuters ...
The judges of Fort Bend County, the tenth most populous county in Texas, issued an order regarding procedures for bail hearings and pretrial release, noting that in hearings to determine pretrial detention, ...