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National Fines & Fees Reform Movement Charts Course for More Victories in 2024

Deputy Executive Director, Priya Sarathy Jones shares insights about FFJC’s first-ever Fines and Fees Advocacy Summit, our robust national reform strategy, and how we are revving up for more 2024 victories.

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New Report Reveals 16 States Still Criminalize Minor Traffic Offenses

In 16 states an offense as minor as a cracked tail light can lead to arrest and jail. And even in states that have decriminalized minor traffic offenses, jurisdictions use of bench warrants to enforce non-payment means these states have decriminalized traffic offenses in name only. Find out what true decriminalization entails in out latest report, The Drive to Jail

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1 in 3 Americans Impacted by Fines and Fees According to New National Survey

This study is the first to present a national overview of how court-imposed fines and fees are affecting people across the
country. Our findings reveal a disturbing trend among working families: money needed for food, housing, and healthcare is being redirected to pay off court debt.

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New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham Signs Groundbreaking Fee Elimination Bill Into Law

Last night, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed HB 139, which eliminates the post-adjudication and bench warrant fees that have recently become the subject of a national movement to end the criminalization of poverty.

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