by Chris Walker | May 18, 2026 | cash bail, cashless bail, Donald Trump, imprisonment, News, Trump executive orders
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation last week designed to deter states and municipalities from instituting or continuing cashless bail programs, even though such policies recognize that the release of individuals from jail, pending their chance to argue their innocence in courts of law, shouldn’t be restricted based on a person’s income. The Cashless Bail Reporting Act passed…
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 25, 2025 | Bail Reform, cash bail, Criminalization, Homelessness, Interview, mental illness, Plea Bargain, plea bargaining, plea bargains, Prisons
The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys on the poor and mentally ill. We’re joined by three contributors to the film, musician Stew Stewart and bail reform advocates Krish Gundu and Alec Karakatsanis, to discuss how what Karakatsanis calls the “unconstitutional” system of cash bail leads to “millions of coerced…
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