CourtWatchMA
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Community volunteers supporting neighbors + shifting power dynamics in #MA courts by exposing decisions of judges & prosecutors. @justicehealing @massbailfund
A detained man was killed by COs in Boston's South Bay jail last night. Other detainees who witnessed the incident on the unit saw them choke him and were not offered mental health support after. There must be an independent investigation. #bospoli boston25news.com/news/local/inv…
The South Bay jail has been a deadly and violent place for a long time. This man was 32 years old and detained pretrial. We still say #ShutDownSouthBay. linktr.ee/ShutDownSouthB…
OPINION: On bail policy, Massachusetts must catch up commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/on-bai…
OPINION: On bail policy, Massachusetts must catch up commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/on-bai…
Two findings from a new study in @QJEHarvard: * Black defendants are 2.4 percentage points more likely than white to be detained while they await their court hearings. * The average bail for black defendants is $7,281 higher than for white defendants. bit.ly/2up1cmq
80% of people in local jails are legally innocent – most languish behind bars because they're too poor to afford bail And data shows that just a few days of pretrial detention can have detrimental effects on their employment, housing, financial stability, and family well-being
Put plainly: There is no amount of time a person can be detained without escalating short and long-term risks to themselves & their communities. Learn more about the harms of pretrial detention 👇 prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/08/0…
In case you missed it: our detailed findings on the first year of Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act were posted yesterday. Read all about how the end of cash bail is working in practice: pfa-1yr.loyolaccj.org
Our latest report shows that there is no reason to believe that bail reform causes increased crime. bit.ly/4dkG58o
Tough-on-crime lawmakers, DAs, police departments, and the cash bail industry often claim pretrial reform puts public safety at risk. Data from every county, city, or state that has measured the effects of pretrial reform prove otherwise. prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/07/0…
Head to the 19:18 minute mark of last night's episode of @LastWeekTonight to hear a mention of Sandra Susan Smith's (@sandrassmith5) research on bail reform. @HarvardMWC @Kennedy_School Read the underlying @HKS_Research working paper here: hks.harvard.edu/publications/c…
