Bail reform’s goal of reducing the number of people who are jailed simply because they cannot afford cash bail has also been ...

That kind of money was "like a million dollars to me ... But when they tried to push bail reform at the state level, legislators dismissed the harms of cash bail as a Chicago problem. So in 2019, more ...

Since the reform, pretrial jail populations have ... no one is jailed before trial simply because they lack the money to pay bail. By providing free bail assistance and supportive services such ...

First on his list was bail reform where he hopes to increase or eliminate bail for previous offenders accused of a violent crime. “It is going to be up to us in the Senate and the House to make ...

It’s been over five years since New York State implemented contentious legislation that ended the use of cash bail for most ...

New York State Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay says Governor Kathy Hochul's State of the State Address hits on many of ...

“Who was there for the original bail reform? Who signed some of these procedures ... Nick Reisman MORE MONEY FOR KIDS: Hochul unveiled a plan to significantly expand the state’s child tax ...

Gov. Hochul pressed for making it easier to involuntarily remove people from the streets and subways if they are suffering from mental illness, but made clear she is not planning to tackle bail ...

Mayor Sharilyn Knox is calling the highway crash that took the life of a 28-year-old woman “devastating and infuriating,” in an open letter pushing for bail reform. Kellie Verway, who was ...

Just a year ago, her fate would likely have been determined by whether she had enough money to post bail. But Will County Judge Matthew Bertani, a white man with hawklike features and a pile of ...