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Pretrial detention, often resulting from a defendant’s inability to afford bail, is one of the primary drivers of incarceration nationwide. The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that two out of three people in local jails in 2016 were held while awaiting trial, having not yet been convicted of a ...

Listen to the Center for Court Innovations's latest episode of its New Thinking Podcast hosted by Matt Watkins with guests Marilyn Mosby and Karl Racine. Baltimore State's Attorney Mosby and Washington, D.C. Attorney General Racine explain why, as it's prosecutors helping to send people to jails ...

Listen to the latest episode from the Center for Court Innovation's New Thinking Podcast - The Pathological Politics of Criminal Justice. Host Matthew Watkins speaks with NYU law professor and author Rachel Barkow as she explains the institutional brakes preventing anything more than "modest" improvements ...

Listen to the Center for Court Innovation's latest episode of the New Thinking Podcast entitled Petty Offense, Lifetime Consequences? Misdemeanor Injustice with Alexandra Natapoff . In this episode, host Matthew Watkins speaks with Alexandra Natapoff, professor of law at the University of California, ...