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Legal Financial Obligations in Washington State: Final Report

Washington state code refers to 376 unique criminal legal financial obligations (LFOs) that stem from misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, or felony convictions. The Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) used …

The Fines and Fees Justice Index

In December 2022, The National Center for Access to Justice updated its Fines and Fees Justice Index. The last update was in May 2020. The Fines and Fees Index gives …

Removing Barriers to Youth and Family Success: The Role of State Juvenile Cost of Care Fees

For youth in Idaho, courts assess fines and fees with little regard for how their lives may be affected. Cost of care fees, also known as parent reimbursement fees, can …

Rethinking How Law Enforcement Is Deployed

To mitigate the risk of harm, municipalities have tasked non-law enforcement responders with addressing nonviolent social and medical issues and narrowed police discretion and duties in traffic enforcement. Many have …

Performance Audit of The City’s Towing Program

In FY 2017, San Diego contracted with companies for towing and impound services and established towing and storage rates for vehicle owners that disproportionately impact the city’s vulnerable populations. Disproportionate …

Reducing the Harms of Court Debt: Driver’s License Revocations are an Ineffective Policy for Increasing Court Collections

Since 2011, Tennessee law has allowed for the revocation of a driver’s license for overdue court debt, but a temporary policy change from July 2018 to July 2021 halted driver’s …

Legal Financial Obligations in Washington State: Final Report

The Fines and Fees Justice Index

Removing Barriers to Youth and Family Success: The Role of State Juvenile Cost of Care Fees

Rethinking How Law Enforcement Is Deployed

Performance Audit of The City’s Towing Program

Reducing the Harms of Court Debt: Driver’s License Revocations are an Ineffective Policy for Increasing Court Collections

Regressive Revenue Sourcing by Local Governments

Locked Out 2022: Estimates Of People Denied Voting Rights Due To A Felony Conviction

Audit Report Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court Baltimore City, Maryland

Traffic Stops Los Angeles Police Department