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Press Release: The Fines and Fees Justice Center Releases First-of-its-Kind Report Showing Billions in Relief to Families from Reforms

The Cost We No Longer Pay shows how families and communities across the country have significantly benefited from fines and fee reform since 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 28, 2026 Contact: …

FFJC Statement on the Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center

NEW YORK — This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit legal advocacy group, announced that it is being criminally charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In …

Statement: HF2697 is an Assault on our Principles and Will Hurt Iowa Families

Des Moines, Iowa – Governor Kim Reynolds was sent HF2697 for her signature this week, a bill that violates the Fines and Fees Justice Center’s (FFJC) work. In response, Sarah …

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 …

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 …