Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo President Judge John Cherry Harrisburg City Police Chief Thomas Carter Director of Corrections Brian Clark Dauphin County Adult Probation Director Chad Libby Dauphin County Sheriff Nick Chimienti Dauphin County Commissioners Jeff Haste, Mike Pries and George P. Hartwick, III COVID-19 presents an incredible challenge for Dauphin County, and this challenge is particularly stark for our community members that are incarcerated at Dauphin County Prison. Public health officials agree that prisons and jails have high infection rates and limited ability to fight the spread of infectious diseases. The tools that prisons have available often result …
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No Consent in Custody
DCBF is proud to stand with lawmakers and support protections for those in police custody and pretrial detention. There can be #NoConsentInCustody and PA laws should reflect that reality.
DCBF in the News: Is this a queer issue?
http://thecentralvoice.com/stories/is-this-a-queer-issue,1919
Dauphin County Bail Fund is profiled in Central Voice
Pride 2018
Watch: Maryland Trying To Approve A Unique Way To Make Bail Less Expensive by Vice News
From Vice News:
Worried she wouldn’t have much to give her children for Christmas, Shannan Wise, a 27-year-old single mom from Baltimore, struggled to get into the holiday spirit this past year. “It’s just bill after bill,” she said. “I can’t handle this bill, I can’t handle that.”
Watch: Bail – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
from LastWeekTonight on YouTube:
John Oliver explains why America’s bail system is better for the reality tv industry than it is for the justice system.
Watch: NJ Eliminates most cash bail, Leads nation in bail reforms by PBS News Hour
In states across the country, a cash bail system can mean that poor defendants remain in jail while wealthier defendants go free. But a model to address those disparities began this year in New Jersey, which has launched some of the most comprehensive bail reforms in the nation. NewsHour Weekend’s Megan Thompson reports as part of our “Chasing the Dream” series on poverty and opportunity in America.