Prevention matters, but prevention without accountability will not protect victims or make communities safer. In a recent video posted on Instagram, the Vera Institute of Justice claims that voters understand that “more incarceration and more policing don’t make us safer.” Vera argues that public safety comes instead from investments
Bail
When an advocacy network calls oversight “persecution,” look at what it is protecting. Vera.org is sounding the alarm again. This time the complaint is that a proposed federal grantmaking rule would require discretionary grants to demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities and would give federal agencies greater authority
Arrest
How Does the Client Benefit From Bail? When a client selects and hires a bail professional, that client is hiring an individual who is licensed by the State of Mississippi to perform specific duties within the criminal justice system. Education is required before anyone may work in the bail profession,
Bail
The Profession Is No Longer Accepting Declarations as a Substitute for Results What many state and national bail associations have finally recognized is that the profession can no longer survive on declarations alone. For years, organizations measured success by slogans, membership counts, and conference attendance — or simply by stating they
Bail Agents
The Bail Project cited the Marshall Project's reporting — then erased every fact that explained the judge's decision. The Bail Project published a piece this month celebrating the California Supreme Court's Kowalczyk ruling. Their headline case: an unhoused man jailed on $75,000 bail over