Bail, Fines, and Fees from hidden video Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 97 sec
✓ Published: 25-Jul-2016

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In New Orleans, like other places, criminal justice agencies rely on money collected from defendants to fund their operating budgets. From the routine use of financial bail to post-conviction fines and fees, these practices come with hidden costs to defendants—the majority of whom are poor and black—and taxpayers alike.n nThis video explains how bail, fines, and fees create a“user-pay” justice system that costs us all money and harms communities. It was produced as part of Vera’s pro