DCBF in the News: Is this a queer issue?
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…
Watch: Maryland Trying To Approve A Unique Way To Make Bail Less Expensive by Vice News
Watch: Maryland Trying To Approve A Unique Way To Make Bail Less Expensive by Vice NewsContinue Reading…
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.Continue Reading…
Watch: NJ Eliminates most cash bail, Leads nation in bail reforms by PBS News Hour
From 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 inContinue Reading…
Fighting to eliminate cash bail
Dauphin County Bail Fund is working to eliminate cash bail.Continue Reading…