The Bail Project /tags/the-bail-project The Bail Project en-US Copyright © 2024 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT St. Louis County jail now takes online credit card payments for bond /government-politics-issues/2025-02-24/st-louis-county-jail-online-credit-card-payments-bond County officials say the online payments are part of an effort to transform how to pay bond and will save people a trip to Clayton. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-02-24/st-louis-county-jail-online-credit-card-payments-bond Chad Davis Legal advice at St. Louis County libraries helping keep people out of jail /government-politics-issues/2023-05-03/legal-advice-at-st-louis-county-libraries-helping-keep-people-out-of-jail The Tap In Center has helped close to 800 people with legal issues since it was launched in 2020. Wed, 03 May 2023 20:33:30 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-05-03/legal-advice-at-st-louis-county-libraries-helping-keep-people-out-of-jail Jason Rosenbaum St. Louis judges are denying defendants bond more under state rules limiting cash bail /law-order/2021-12-15/st-louis-judges-are-denying-defendants-bond-more-under-state-rules-limiting-cash-bail St. Louis attorneys and activists say judges are often denying defendants bond entirely after the Missouri Supreme Court in 2019 made it harder for courts to detain people on cash bail pretrial. “It’s a classic case of the system recalibrating and in some ways achieving many of the same results,” said Blake Strode, executive director of civil rights law firm ArchCity Defenders. Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:13:16 GMT /law-order/2021-12-15/st-louis-judges-are-denying-defendants-bond-more-under-state-rules-limiting-cash-bail Niara Savage The Bail Project Closes St. Louis Office As Cash Bail Use Sharply Declines /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-09-24/the-bail-project-closes-st-louis-office-as-cash-bail-use-sharply-declines Robin Steinberg, CEO of the Bail Project, and Mike Milton, founder and CEO of the Freedom Community Center, discuss the work done by the Bail Project in its three years here — and explain why its St. Louis office is closing. Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:30:05 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-09-24/the-bail-project-closes-st-louis-office-as-cash-bail-use-sharply-declines Sarah Fenske Freedom Community Center To Offer St. Louis New Model For Restorative Justice /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-21/freedom-community-center-to-offer-st-louis-new-model-for-restorative-justice The Bail Project's Mike Milton is starting a new diversion program that will work with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office: The Freedom Community Center. He discussed it with John Nanney of UMSL on St. Louis on the Air. Fri, 21 May 2021 19:53:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-21/freedom-community-center-to-offer-st-louis-new-model-for-restorative-justice Sarah Fenske Court-Ordered Electronic Monitoring Triggers Pushback In St. Louis /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-02-27/court-ordered-electronic-monitoring-triggers-pushback-in-st-louis In 2000, the circuit court in St. Louis entered a contract with Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services, a private company based in St. Charles… Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:15:43 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-02-27/court-ordered-electronic-monitoring-triggers-pushback-in-st-louis Lara Hamdan Activists Unveil Plan To Close St. Louis’ Workhouse Jail /government-politics-issues/2020-01-14/activists-unveil-plan-to-close-st-louis-workhouse-jail Four activist groups say they have found a way to close the St. Louis jail known as the Workhouse by the end of this year.The Close the Workhouse campaign… Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:28:23 GMT /government-politics-issues/2020-01-14/activists-unveil-plan-to-close-st-louis-workhouse-jail Rachel Lippmann St. Louis County To Track Criminal Defendants Through Smartphones /government-politics-issues/2019-12-07/st-louis-county-to-track-criminal-defendants-through-smartphones St. Louis County plans to launch a six-month pilot program in January that tracks people accused of crimes by using a smartphone app. County Executive Sam… Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:37:09 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-12-07/st-louis-county-to-track-criminal-defendants-through-smartphones Julie O'Donoghue Court Reform Advocates Question Use Of Pretrial Ankle Monitoring in St. Louis /government-politics-issues/2019-01-10/court-reform-advocates-question-use-of-pretrial-ankle-monitoring-in-st-louis Criminal-justice reform advocates and public defenders are calling on the St. Louis circuit court to reduce its use of monitoring systems that require… Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:19:01 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-01-10/court-reform-advocates-question-use-of-pretrial-ankle-monitoring-in-st-louis Carolina Hidalgo The Bail Project strives for cash bail to be 'the exception, not the rule' in St. Louis /government-politics-issues/2018-09-12/the-bail-project-strives-for-cash-bail-to-be-the-exception-not-the-rule-in-st-louis The first time Michael Milton helped buy somebody’s freedom, he didn’t expect it would be so simple.He filed some paperwork, handed over cash and waited.… Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:22:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2018-09-12/the-bail-project-strives-for-cash-bail-to-be-the-exception-not-the-rule-in-st-louis Carolina Hidalgo