Most antipoverty workers think the dated federal poverty measure creates almost as many problems as it solves. The city is moving forward to implement a new one.
Other cities have employed new methods of pre-trial monitoring to avoid setting financial bail. Given the scale of the city’s criminal justice system, would such an approach deliver both public…
The decision to impose financial bail can have an impact on the city’s jail costs, the ability of the court system to establish truth and an individual’s work, family, housing…
