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Bail Reform
Bail Reform
Building on a movement that has reached both coasts and middle America, more jurisdictions are taking a serious look at the built-in bias of money bail and its disproportionate impact on people of color and people who are poor. America’s jails are filled with...
Bail Reform
Bail Reform Rollbacks — and the Waning First Wave of COVID-19
Mayor Adams Guns for Bail Reform
Supporting Bail Reform Is Good Business
There is no doubt that New York’s bail system is broken. Over 16,000 New Yorkers across the state are incarcerated because they cannot afford to post bail, at a cost of over $350 million a year to taxpayers to hold them in jail. Advocates, reformers, policyma...
Opinion Bail reform did not spike crime
New York State Bail Reform Evaluation Study
Since it was passed in April 2019, New York State’s bail reform law has received enormous attention from both its supporters and critics. Vera’s 3.5-year NYBRE study will provide comprehensive impact evaluations of the reform utilizing multiple research method...
Bail Reform and Ankle Monitors
Sate Considering Bail, Discovery Reforms
New Areas for Bail Reform — A Report on the Manhattan Bail Reevaluation Project, June 1966 - August 1967
The Manhattan Bail Project was Vera’s first initiative and showed that many people accused of committing a crime can be relied on to appear in court and do not have to post bail or be held until trial. Read the report on the related Manhattan Bail Reevaluatio...