DCBF 2023 Bail Report Report Today Dauphin County Bail Fund releases it’s 2023 bail report. This report analyzes bail decisions made by Dauphin County Magisterial District Judges (MDJs) during the first 6 months of 2023. It is our attempt at introducing some transparency into Dauphin County MDJs and to encourageContinue Reading…
Harrisburg, PA — The Dauphin County Bail Fund (DCBF) has released its new research report, Cash Bail in Dauphin County: A Six-Month Snapshot, which shows the bail-setting practices of Magisterial District Judges in Dauphin County. Cash Bail in Dauphin County shows that in the six-month period between January and JuneContinue Reading…
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 challengeContinue Reading…
Dauphin County Bail Fund is profiled in Central Voice Mass incarceration disproportionately impacts queer people in general — and queer women in particular. While queer women (defined as lesbian, bisexual, and women who have sex with women) comprise only 3 percent of all U.S. adult women, 42 percent of women in prison and 36Continue Reading…
