TF-FAIR Resources



	The Public Safety Assessment: A Re-Validation and Assessment of Predictive Utility and Differential Prediction by Race and Gender in Kentucky, Laura and John Arnold Foundation (April 2018) Using Behaviorial Science to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes, University of Chicago Crime Lab (2018) A Pound of Flesh: The Criminalization of Private Debt, ACLU (February 2018) The Price for Freedom: Bail in the City of Los Angeles: A Million Dollar Hoods Report (December 2017) The City of Phoenix Municipal Court's Compliance Assistance Program, 2016: An Economic Assessment, Seidman Research Institute, ASU (June 2017) Selling Off Our Freedom: How insurance corporations have taken over our bail system, ACLU Campaign for Smart Justice (May 2017) “Model” Bail Laws: Re-Drawing the Line Between Pretrial Release and Detention. Center for Legal and Evidence-Based Practices (April 18, 2017) HOUSING NOT HANDCUFFS: Ending the Criminalization of Homeless in U.S. Cities. National Law Center on Homeless & Poverty. Moving Beyond Money: A Primer on Bail Reform. Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School. (October 2016) Fair Justice for All Final Report The Hidden Costs of Pretrial Detention Maricopa County Justice System Planning & Information Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 and Over: 2009-2013 (Arizona) United States Census Bureau Finishing the Job: Modernizing Maryland's Bail System (June 2016) The Abell Report Misdemeanor, Criminal Traffic and Civil Traffic by Defendant - Fiscal Year 2014 Findings Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier to Reentry (2010), Brennan Center for Justice When All Else Fails, Fining the Family - First Person Accounts of Criminal Justice Debt (2013), Center for Community Alternatives Repaying Debts (2007), The Council of State Governments Justice Center Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Jails - Recommendations for Local Practice (2015), Brennan Center for Justice Resource Guide: Reforming the Assessment and Enforcement of Fines and Fees, OJP Diagnostic Center Fundamentals of Bail: A Resource Guide for Pretrial Practitioners and a Framework for American Pretrial Reform (August 2014), National Institute of Corrections Money as a Criminal Justice Stakeholder: The Judge's Decision to Release or Detain a Defendant Pretrial (September 2014), National Institute of Corrections Report to the Utah Judicial Council on Pretrial Release and Supervision Practices (November 23, 2015), Utah State Courts Summary of Recommendations (pages 3-5) Unsecured Bonds: The As Effective and Most Efficient Pretrial Release Option (October 2013), Pretrial Justice Institute Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department (March 4, 2015), United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
	And Justice for Some (October 29, 2016) Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting A City Near Ferguson Is Still Caging Humans in a Grotesque Debtors' Prison (November 1, 2016) Huffington Post Pinal's Jail Population is Shrinking (March 3, 2018) Casa Grande Dispatch Auto Alert Systems Technology Enhancing the Delivery of Court Services (Summer 2017) ABA Journal Suspended Drivers License Laws Criminalize Poverty (June 20, 2017) Arizona Daily Star Bail Shift Threatens Bondsmen (June 23, 2017) Arizona Republic New Nebraska Law Aims to Keep Poor People Out of Jail How Maricopa County Cut Court Wait Times in Half (April 12, 2017) Maricopa County Justice Courts Office of Communications Suspending Driver's Licenses create a vicious cycle: Column (February 21, 2017), Arizona Republic Preventing the Criminalization of Poverty (January 18, 2017), Office of the Assistant General CRT) Breaking Down Bail bravenewfilms.org (December 2016) Justice Department Files Brief to Address Automatic Suspensions of Driver's Licenses for Failure to Pay Court Debt (November 7, 2016) Confronting Criminal Justice Debt Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School (September 2016) 24 Hours From Arrest To Release To Services For Seriously Mentally Ill Program In New Program kjzz.org (September 22, 2016) Fair Justice for All Press Release VA Lawsuit Challenges State's Right to Take Driver's Licenses for Unpaid Tickets FoxNews.com (July 31, 2016) Missouri City to Pay 4.7 Million to Settle Suit Over Jailing Practices The New York Times (July 15, 2016) Is Change Coming in the Cash Bail System Center on Media Crime and Justice at John Jay College (July 11, 2016) Arizona Police Sign on to White House Plan to Cut Jail Populations Arizona Capital Times Fines, Fees and Bail Practices News (June 6, 2016) A New Peonage? Seattle University Law Review (Vol. 39.927) Fines, Fees, and Bail Practices News (May 9, 2016) Millions of Californians Could Regain Driver's Licenses Under New Bill The California Report (January 22, 2016) Traffic Tickets/Infractions Amnesty Program The Judicial Branch of California Courts (December 14, 2015) Closing the Gap Between What is Lawful and What is Right in Police Use of Force Jurisprudence by Making Police Departments More Democratic Institutions (2016), Michigan Journal of Race and Law Foreword: Innocent Until Proven Poor (2016), Michigan Journal of Race and Law Keynote Remarks (2016), Michigan Journal of Race and Law Keynote Remarks: How the Criminalization of Poverty has Become Normalized in American Culture and Why You Should Care (2016), Michigan Journal of Race and Law The Price of Carceral Citizenship: Punishment, Surveillance, and Social Welfare Policy in an Age of Carceral Expansion (2016), Michigan Journal of Race and Law Justice Dept Condemns Profit-Minded Court Policies Targeting the Poor (March 14, 2016), The New York Times "Dear Colleague" Letter to state Chief Justices (March 14, 2016), United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Topical Articles from Arizona Superior Court in Pima County Minute Entry (2016 Winter Issue) Pending Federal Legislation Encourages Jurisdictions to Eliminate Money Bail MacArthur Foundation Awards Why I Refuse to Send People to Jail for Failure to Pay Fines Washington Post (April 8, 2016)
	Brown v. Corinth Class Action Complaint (Mississippi) Amicus Brief of American Bail Coalition (Texas) Amicus Brief for the States of Texas, Arizona, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana and Nebraska (Texas) Southern Poverty Law Center v. Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc. (Louisiana) Dade v. City of Sharewood (Arkansas) State of Wisconsin v. Eric L. Loomis, (Wisconsin) Stinnie et al v. Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle et al (Virginia) Hernandez v. Lynch (California) Foster v. Alexander City (Alabama) Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, Inc. (Tennessee) Maranda Lynn Odonnell v. Harris County (Texas)
	DC 23 Code Section §23-1321: Release Prior to Trial ACJA § 5-201: Evidence Based Pretrial Services Administrative Order No. 2014-12 regarding ACJA § 5-201: Evidence-Based Pretrial Services
	National Task Force on Fines, Fees and Bail Practices Publications: Uniform Citation Language Ability to Pay Bench Card DRAFT A Brief Guide to the Work of the National Task Force on Fines, Fees, and Bail Practices Model Political Subdivision Court Registration Act Model Political Subdivision Court Registration Form Sample Court Rule: Washington State Rule on Recording of Limited Jurisdictions’ Proceedings