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Where the COVID-19 Pandemic Might Finally Ignite Change in the Bail Bonds System

Where the COVID-19 Pandemic Might Finally Ignite Change in the Bail Bonds System

From70 Million


Where the COVID-19 Pandemic Might Finally Ignite Change in the Bail Bonds System

From70 Million

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Nov 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When jails across the country began releasing thousands of people amid the COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, and mass demonstrations against police brutality brought millions out of their homes, criminal reform advocates wondered if they'd finally see significant and lasting reform. Journalist Renata Sago reports on two Florida jails that are having very different responses to the possibility of change.Sign up for our newsletter today. 
Released:
Nov 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (60)

This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted by their encounter with jails and to chronicle the progress ground-up efforts have made in diversion, bail reform, recidivism, adoption of technology and other crucial aspects of the move toward decarceration at local levels.