Bail Reform:
Creating a Website about An Unjust System
March 18, 2021
Student: Gustavo Capone Major: Psychology, Pre-Med Track
"Today the United States suffers with overpopulation of prisons & jails, and is the country with most incarcerations in the world. This can be associated with with a variety of factors including money bail. On any given day, people who haven't been found guilty of any crime are detained across the U.S. because of an inability to post bail. This causes a problem of punishing those who are most vulnerable - people in lower socio-economic classes. Bail-Reform is a movement to inform people on money bail, and find new means for pre-trial releases such as release on your own recognizance (ROR). Release on your own recognizance is a written promise signed by the defendant promising that they will show up for future court appearances and not engage in illegal activity while out on an ROR." [Quoted from Gustavo's website: https://bail-reform.weebly.com/]
"Tying people's freedom to their ability to pay means that poor people go to jail while rich people don't."
-Nick Pinto*, writer for The New Republic
Presentation Website
Visit Gustavo Capone's website project titled, "Bail-Reform", or click on the webpage image below.
Sources and Readings
*Pinto, Nick. "Bailing Out: Criminal justice reformers are rethinking the crusade against cash bail." The New Republic. April 6, 2020. newrepublic.com/article/156823/limits-money-bail-fund-criminal-justice-reform