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The Burden of Criminal Justice Debt in Alabama

Foster Cook’s report includes quantitative and qualitative survey results from 943 participants from 13 counties in Alabama. The report includes information about the collateral consequences of increased court costs on incarcerated people in Alabama, including harsh penalties for nonpayment and the phenomenon of defendants turning to crime as a funding source to pay their fines and fees.

Legal Financial Obligations: Fulfilling the Promise of Gideon by Reducing the Burden

Stearns examines the imposition and enforcement of Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) in Washington State on people unable to pay them and argues that the resulting disparities impact the ability of the criminal justice system to impose fair and meaningful penalties that hold people accountable and reduce recidivism.

Best Practices Guide to Reducing Suspended Drivers

This guide by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators discusses how suspending driver’s licenses for non-safety related reasons is ineffective and counter-productive: it diminishes the deterrent effect and perceived legitimacy of license suspension, as well as the efficacy of law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and motor vehicle agencies.

The Burden of Criminal Justice Debt in Alabama

Legal Financial Obligations: Fulfilling the Promise of Gideon by Reducing the Burden

Best Practices Guide to Reducing Suspended Drivers

Shadow Citizens: Felony Disenfranchisement and The Criminalization of Debt

The Price To Call Home: State-Sanctioned Monopolization In The Prison Phone Industry

Report on the Results of the Arizona Judiciary Pilot Collections Project

On Cash and Conviction: Monetary Sanctions as Misguided Policy

In For A Penny- The Rise of America’s New Debtors’ Prisons

Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier to Reentry

Office of the New York State Comptroller: Report on the Justice Court Fund