Find out more about our series Breaking the Bond here. The vast majority of people who are arrested in this country cannot afford to pay bail — which is why states across the U.S. have tried to change ...

Rashawn Gaston-Anderson, who had been arrested in November 2021 for burglary and theft, had been released by The Bail Project after it paid his $3,000 bail. Six days later, Gaston-Anderson allegedly ...

Find out more about our series Breaking the Bond here. Late one night in February 2019, the Houston police knocked on Terranisha Collins’ front door. When she opened it, her life nearly turned upside ...

Chengyan Wang is suing the nonprofit for its role in releasing Rashawn Gaston-Anderson despite his criminal past. KTNV-TV A California bail reform group backed by A-list celebrities has shut down its ...

A new report from John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Data Collaborative for Justice screams the headline that recidivism rates have dropped thanks to New York’s 2020 bail-reform laws. Claiming to ...

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday reaffirmed a long-standing rule that allows judges to deny bail to defendants charged with capital murder once a grand jury ...

NEW YORK -- Gov. Kathy Hochul is blaming judges for misunderstanding bail laws, while some critics argue it's the governor who doesn't understand her own law. Hochul is trying to blame judges for ...

President Trump’s executive order wields a cutoff of federal funds as a threat to pressure jurisdictions like Washington, D.C., to stop releasing defendants without forcing them to post a payment, ...