DATA Unsolved Mysteries: The Case of the Missing Jail Data If knowledge is power, then we are woefully weak when it comes to understanding our local pretrial systems.Nicole Zayas ManzanoMay 17, 2024
LEARN You’ve Filed Your Taxes, Now Where Do They Go? You can get your hard-earned dollars sent back into your community to help you and your neighbors.Nicole Zayas ManzanoMay 3, 2024
POLICY Both Parties Agree: Bail is Broken Despite all evidence to the contrary, if you’re watching politicians debate crucial issues of the day, it may appear that “bail reform” is a nuclear option that political parties either…Nicole Zayas ManzanoMarch 23, 2024
POLICY No, bail didn’t lead to a ‘let-them-all-out’ system in this Texas city A new report finds the reforms allow for accountability and preserve judges' ability to detain people.Nicole Zayas ManzanoMarch 22, 2024
LEARN What TV Gets Right and Wrong About the Pretrial System Can you spot pretrial system facts from fiction in these crime dramas?Nicole Zayas ManzanoJanuary 12, 2024
POLICY Michigan vs Ohio: The Key Play to The Game Win or lose on the football field, Michigan can beat Ohio State by successfully passing bail reform.Nicole Zayas ManzanoNovember 16, 2023
POLICY Illinois Ends Cash Bail: What’s Next? Now that Illinois purged wealth-based detention, implementation is its latest challenge. Stakeholders must stay true to the reform’s values.Nicole Zayas ManzanoNovember 3, 2023
POLICY The Myth of “Having Your Day in Court” As criminal trials go extinct in the shadow of plea bargains, “having your day in court” is transforming into American folklore.Nicole Zayas ManzanoSeptember 18, 2023
DATAPOLICY The High Price of Cash Bail Cash bail not only costs individuals caught in the system. Their friends, families, communities, and society pay too.Nicole Zayas ManzanoJuly 17, 2023
POLICY The Bail Problem is Bigger in Texas Bigger isn’t always better. Texas’ big bail system causes far more problems than it solves.Nicole Zayas ManzanoApril 17, 2023