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