The Massachusetts Bail Fund: Advocates for Justice
Author: Norma Wassel.
Source: Volume 20, Number 01, May/June 2016 , pp.3-4(2)
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Abstract:
The origins and successes of the Massachusetts Bail Fund—from gaining the release of people being held jail prior to trial, to advocacy work for legislative changes to eliminate cash bail and institute administrative reforms to bail data collection, and sponsored workshops on bail reform and pretrial services—the Fund is emerging as a model to follow.Keywords: The New Jim Crow; system places a monetary price on pretrial freedom; inequities of the bail system
Affiliations:
1: Massachusetts Bail Fund, Committee for Public Counsel Services.