Three years ago, Jessica was struggling with drug addiction and homelessness. "I was stranded in Atlanta, and I got into some trouble," she says. NPR is not using her last name because she is worried ...
The Bail Project spent $90+ million bailing out suspects, including those who allegedly killed people after release. Multiple murders linked to the program.
The long national debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that allow cashless ...
Over time, this system led to an industry of bail bond businesses that pay off your bond in exchange for a fee. If you can’t afford to pay, you are stuck in jail until trial. In the US, about 562,000 ...
While Harris County prosecutors already are using a new legislative tool to deny defendants' bail, some experts say it could ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATLANTA (AP) — The Bail Project, a national ...
As a consensus grows nationwide that America’s criminal-justice system needs an overhaul, momentum is building to end one of its most pernicious elements: money bail. Money bail is a court’s demand ...