People who have been arrested, but not convicted, often spend weeks, months or years in jail awaiting their trial simply because they cannot afford to post bail.
A broad coalition of organizations and leaders are working to reform the unjust system in California. Below, please find articles, reports, videos and toolkits on the movement to reform the money bail system, as well as a list of the organizations leading the movement. We invite you to explore these resources. To recommend additional resources for the Justice Hub, please contact us at: JusticeHub@rosenfound.org.

September 10, 2018
California Organizers Don’t Want This Kind of Bail Reform

August 30, 2018
So Much for The Great California Bail Celebration

August 29, 2018
Justice in America Episode 6: The Faces of Mass Incarceration


August 28, 2018
California Is the First State to Scrap Cash Bail

August 28, 2018
Jerry Brown signs bill eliminating money bail in California

August 8, 2018
Bail reform bill considered by California legislature



July 26, 2018
As Federal Bail Reform Stalls, States and Cities Act

July 25, 2018
Bernie Sanders Goes After The Cash Bail System


June 28, 2018
Bail out: Should we nix the state’s cash bail system?

June 26, 2018
SF public defender seeks order forcing California courts to follow bail reform decision


June 14, 2018
Bail Reform: Explained



May 22, 2018
John Legend and Rashad Robinson: End money bail now

May 20, 2018
Bail Reform’s Complex Relationship with Tech

May 13, 2018
This Mother’s Day, volunteers are paying to get moms out of jail with the #BlackMamaBailOut campaign


May 11, 2018
A Fight to Free Oakland Mamas for Mother’s Day — and End California’s Unfair Bail System



May 8, 2018
Google Moves to Ban Bail-Bond Ads on Its Platforms; Teams with Koch Brothers to Reform Bail Industry


May 7, 2018
Google bans ads for bail bond services




April 24, 2018
Alternative Bail System Tested in San Diego County




March 31, 2018
When Bail Feels Less Like Freedom, More Like Extortion

February 27, 2018
Opinion: Why bail reform will make California communities safer

February 23, 2018
California’s Attorney General Gives Bail Reform a Crucial Boost

February 8, 2018
Humphrey Decision: Important Change in the Bail Law

February 8, 2018
Important Change in California Bail Law

February 5, 2018
He stole $5 and a bottle of cologne. His bail was set at $350,000

February 1, 2018
The Price for Freedom: Bail in the City of L.A.

January 31, 2018
Unfair and unsafe: Even prosecutors want to end California’s reliance on money bail

January 29, 2018
ACLU Northern California

January 29, 2018
ACLU Southern California

January 29, 2018
All of Us or None

January 29, 2018
A New Way of Life Re-entry Project

January 29, 2018
Anti-Recidivism Coalition

January 28, 2018
Ending American Money Bail

January 28, 2018
Amity Foundation

January 27, 2018
Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network


January 26, 2018
Bend The Arc

January 26, 2018
Black Lives Matter Bay Area

January 26, 2018
BYP 100

January 26, 2018
California Coalition for Women Prisoners

January 25, 2018
CHIRLA

January 25, 2018
California Public Defenders Association

January 23, 2018
California Youth Empowerment Network

January 22, 2018
Californians for Safety and Justice

January 22, 2018
Children’s Defense Fund California

January 22, 2018
CIVIC (Community Initiatives Visiting Immigrants in Confinement)

January 22, 2018
Color of Change

January 22, 2018
Community Coalition

January 22, 2018
Critical Resistance

January 22, 2018
CURB (Californians United for a Responsible Budget)

January 22, 2018
CURYJ

January 21, 2018
Dignity and Power Now

January 19, 2018
Drug Policy Alliance

January 19, 2018
East Bay Community Law Center

January 18, 2018
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

January 17, 2018
Civil rights groups want to put bail bond industry on death row

January 17, 2018
Essie Justice Group

January 17, 2018
Fathers and Families of San Joaquin

January 16, 2018
Human Impact Partners

January 16, 2018
Homeboy Industries

January 16, 2018
Human Rights Watch

January 15, 2018
Immigrant Legal Resource Center

January 15, 2018
Immigrant Family Defense Fund

January 15, 2018
Immigrant Youth Coalition

January 14, 2018
Initiate Justice

January 14, 2018
Innercity Struggle

January 13, 2018
Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

January 13, 2018
Justice Now

January 13, 2018
JusticeLA

January 13, 2018
The Last Mile

January 13, 2018
Law 4 Black Lives

January 13, 2018
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

January 13, 2018
Legal Services for Prisoners With Children

January 13, 2018
Los Angeles Community Action Network

January 13, 2018
The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership

January 13, 2018
Mental Health of America California

January 12, 2018
Million Dollar Hoods

January 12, 2018
Movement for Black Lives Policy Table

January 12, 2018
National Council of Jewish Women

January 11, 2018
NCLR

January 11, 2018
National Lawyers Guild

January 11, 2018
NextGen America

January 11, 2018
No New Jail SF Coalition

January 10, 2018
PICO California

January 9, 2018
Reform California

January 8, 2018
The Return Project

January 8, 2018
San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership

January 8, 2018
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office

January 8, 2018
SEIU California

January 8, 2018
Inside the Fight to End Cash Bail

January 7, 2018
Silicon Valley De-Bug

January 7, 2018
Stop LA Spying Coalition

January 7, 2018
SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice)

January 7, 2018
UDW

January 7, 2018
TGIJP (Transgender, Gendervariant, & Intersex Justice Project)

January 7, 2018
Voices for Progress Education Fund

January 7, 2018
Western Center on Law and Poverty

January 3, 2018
The Women’s Foundation of California

January 3, 2018
Young Women’s Freedom Center

January 3, 2018
Youth Justice Coalition


November 2, 2017
California’s Bail System Is About Money, Not Justice, Report Finds

November 1, 2017
The State of Pretrial Justice in America
