Out of Prison, but Shackled in Debt
In this Prosperity Now article, the authors explain the long term financial impact of incarceration. High amounts of fees, fines and other deb create impossi...
May 4, 2020
Achieving Credit Strength: A Toolkit for Supporting Returning Citizen Entrepreneurs
This toolkit provides steps in improving credit strength to better help clients rebuild their life after returning from incarceration into the workforce. Man...
April 23, 2020
Criminal Justice Debt – A Toolkit for Action
This toolkit provides an overview of criminal justice debt, who it impacts the most and constitutional violations. The report recommends reforms such as cond...
April 23, 2020
Charging Inmates Perpetuates Mass Incarceration
This report explores how current practice of charging inmates perpetuates mass incarceration, provides the history of inmate fees and recommends policy repla...
April 23, 2020
Race, Wealth and Incarceration
Examining data from a 1979 cohort, this study analysis examines the race and wealth status before and after incarceration. Data indicate that Blacks at every...
April 22, 2020
Court Fees and Fines are Hurting Low-Income Families in Alabama
This blog emphasizes the impact of court system fees, fines and restitution on lower-income communities including people of color. The article explores how c...
April 21, 2020