Recognizing Women as the Bedrock
by: Joanna Weiss and Tanisha Pierrette Throughout March, we celebrate the history and achievements of women. Too often, the remarkable strength and tenacity required for women’ s everyday survival is …
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From the Philippines to the U.S.: Lessons on Fines and Fees Reform from the Second National Decongestion Summit
By Joanna Weiss In January, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sponsored the Philippines’ Second National Decongestion Summit in Manila to generate concrete plans to address the …
2025 Legislative Roundup Part 4: Automated Traffic Enforcement
This is the final installment of our four-part Legislative Roundup series, which offers an in-depth analysis of each core area of FFJC’s reform efforts including: debt-based driver’s license restrictions, state …
2025 Legislative Roundup Part 3: Ability-to-Pay Practices
This is the third of our four-part Legislative Roundup series, which offers an in-depth analysis of each core area of FFJC’s reform efforts including: debt-based driver’s license restrictions, state and …
2025 Legislative Roundup Part 2: End Justice Fees
This is the second of our four-part Legislative Roundup series, which offers an in-depth analysis of each core area of FFJC’s reform efforts including: debt-based driver’s license restrictions, state and …
2025 Legislative Roundup Part 1: Free to Drive
Over the next two weeks we will be releasing a four-part series offering an in-depth analysis of each core area of FFJC’s reform efforts including: debt-based driver’s license restrictions, state and local fee elimination, ability-to-pay practices, and automated traffic enforcement.
Press Release: Priya Sarathy Jones Selected as Member of the Council on Criminal Justice
Washington, D.C. – Priya Sarathy Jones, co-executive director of the Fines and Fees Justice Center, has been elected as a member of the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ), a nationally …
Part 6 – Trapped by Design: How Court Debt Devastates Lives
By Tanisha Pierrette, Senior Research Analyst & Lara Weissman, 2025 Communications Intern This is the final blog in our six-part series on how advocates can turn data into action. If …
Part 5 – Ending the Debt-to-Arrest Pipeline: Why It’s Time for Warrant Reform
By Tanisha Pierrette, Senior Research Analyst This is part 5 of our six-part blog series, Reforming the Revenue Machine: An Advocate’s Guide to to Court Fines and Fees. Each post …
Part 4 – Fines and Fees: A Risky Source of Revenue for Governments
By Tanisha Pierrette, Senior Research Analyst & Lillian Patil, Senior Analyst, State & Local Budgets This is part 4 of our six-part blog series, Reforming the Revenue Machine: An Advocate’s …