Watch to learn how New Orleans Pretrial Services helps judges decide who stays in jail and who can be safely released to await trial, reducing the jail population and saving the city money. Interviewed: Ginny Lee, former Director, New Orleans Pretrial Services; Former Criminal Court Judge Calvin Johnson; Michael Cowan, Chair, New Orleans Crime Coalition;Pastor Antoine Barriere, Household of Faith Family Worship Church; Dolfinette Martin, former New Orleans Pretrial Services Staff.
New York’s recent bail reform law, which was passed in April 2019 and amended on July 2, 2020, was expected to reduce the footprint of jail incarceration by limiting the use of money bail. The new law mandated pretrial release for the vast majority of nonviolent charges and required that judges consider a person’s ability to pay bail. A comprehens ...
For decades, people incarcerated in Los Angeles County’s deadliest jail have feared for their lives. With the death toll mounting, advocates are pushing to finally end the cycle of violence.
Nelson is currently working toward that goal at DPN, connecting with families impacted by MCJ and the terror of the sheriff’s deputies. “You’ve got so many families out here thinking that they had to fight up against this sheriff’s department by themselves. They feel powerless. So, we connect with family members,” Nelson said. Slowly, they are win ...
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, nationwide calls for reallocation of law enforcement budgets forced elected leaders to consider the values underlying their budgetary choices. But discussions largely remained limited to policing. Few major U.S. cities took a hard look at the billions invested in their increasingly vacant jails ...