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Author: Wool, Jon

Title: Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans

Summary: The role that money - in the form of bail, fines and fees - plays in criminal justice systems has come under increased focus. These practices have long plagued New Orleans, driving jail incarceration and costing struggling families - most of them black - millions. Two federal courts recently ruled that judges cannot lawfully impose money bail or enforce conviction fees because their own institution stands to benefit financially from these same decisions. To its credit, New Orleans has been taking the initiative to change by, for example, virtually eliminating money bail for municipal offenses and replacing all revenues the Criminal District Court would lose by eliminating money bail and conviction fees. The system is now paid in full. The next step is to align court practices with this new system of funding to end money injustice and replace it with a fairer and safer system. This report sets out a blueprint to achieve that reality.

Details: New York: Vera Institute of Justice, 2019. 68p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 19, 2019 at: https://storage.googleapis.com/vera-web-assets/downloads/Publications/paid-in-full-a-plan-to-end-money-injustice-in-new-orleans/legacy_downloads/paid-in-full-report.pdf

Year: 2019

Country: United States

URL: https://www.vera.org/publications/paid-in-full-a-plan-to-end-money-injustice-in-new-orleans

Shelf Number: 156909

Keywords:
Bail
Debtors Prison
Fees
Fines
Jail
Monetary Sanctions
Money Bail