The Bail Project
Since The Bail project launched, NBC's Dateline has had a frontline view of how the program is working in cities like Tulsa and St. Louis.
We have a vision of justice as blind, impartial, and fair — but in reality, the law often fails those who need it most.Robin Steinberg and other TED speakers explore radical ways to change the legal system.
During the era of slavery, Black churches, families and communities would join together to purchase the freedom of their loved ones. A look at how bail funds are a modern adaptation of that idea.
In the last 10 years, a small charity called the Bronx Freedom Fund has donated bail money to thousands of poor New Yorkers charged with crimes. Now, after a decade in operation, the founder of the Freedom Fund is set to announce a new and unprecedented effort.
Sending a mother to prison can have a devastating effect on her children. Why, then, do we lock so many women up?
In the United States, nearly 70 percent of the people held in local jails are there for one reason: they don’t have enough money to pay bail. Here’s a look at how this came to be and what it would take to change it.
We’ll send you news and updates on how ideas are taking shape.
