Criminal justice debt stemming from fines and fees is disproportionately borne by low-wage workers without job security and people of color. These populations will experience the financial stress caused by the pandemic most acutely. Many will lose jobs and be unable to pay criminal justice debts through no fault of their own.
The collateral consequences of ending up on the wrong side of America’s criminal legal system are increasingly recognized as wide-ranging and harmful. Incarceration or even simply a criminal record can limit nearly every aspect of a person’s life even after their sentence ends, interfering with the ability to keep or get a job and support…
Today, to rent an apartment or nail down a job, you almost always have to pass a background check. About 94% of employers and 90% of landlords run criminal background checks, and about 85% of landlords review eviction information. Many landlords and employers purchase reports containing criminal and eviction records information from specialized tenant and…
Written Testimony before the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of H.1900: An Act Relative to Telephone Service for Inmates in All Correctional and Other Penal Institutions in the Commonwealth
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Appendix B of Collection of Criminal Justice Debt Through the State Civil Justice System
Appendix A of Collecting Criminal Justice Debt Through the State Civil Justice System.
Consumer laws may be used to challenge abusive and unfair bail industry practices, as well as litigation strategies and obstacles.
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