Court Fines and Fees Are Literally Trapping Poor People in the System for Life

David Greenwald, The Davis Vanguard •

When you think of pressing criminal justice reform issues you may think of wrongful convictions, over-prosecution, the death penalty, the crisis of indigent defense, maybe bail reform and probably a whole host of other things before you get to this one: fines and fees. 

About the Expert

Jessica Feierman is the Chief Legal Officer of Juvenile Law Center, where she leads programmatic work and engages in impact litigation, amicus efforts, and policy reform to fight systems that harm children and separate families, focusing on the juvenile, criminal, and family policing systems. She has also published widely on these issues.