Storage room at SF jail turned into space for incarcerated parents to bond with kids March 15, 2023 Read More
Harry Potter, paintings, books: How one S.F. jail tries to curb generational incarceration March 13, 2023 Read More
What Parking Ticket Data Can (and Cannot) Tell Us amid Calls to Reform Fines and Fees January 26, 2023 Read More
Be The Jury: Preliminary Results from First Six Months of Pilot Program Read our report on the preliminary results of the Be The Jury Pilot Program, an effort to ensure that juries reflect the economic diversity of San Francisco. Read More
Eliminating Discriminatory Fines & Fees: Learning from San Francisco - Center for an Urban Future April 28, 2022 Read More
Civil Assessments: The Hidden Court Fee that Penalizes Poverty - Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area March 02, 2022 Read More
Inequitable fines and fees hurt vulnerable communities. Now, policymakers have an opportunity for reform. - The Brookings Institution December 17, 2021 Read More
Policies and Programs for Inclusive and Equitable Recovery - The Urban Institute November 18, 2021 The Urban Institute highlighted The Financial Justice Project's work to reform fines and fees in San Francisco as a critical step to recovering from the COVID-19-induced recession. Read More
Case Study on The San Francisco Financial Justice Project - Results For America September 15, 2021 Results For America authored a case study on The Financial Justice Project, highlighting our work to assess and reform fines and fees in San Francisco. Read More
Survey of People Incarcerated in San Francisco County Jails February 18, 2021 Read our survey of people incarcerated in San Francisco jails, one of the largest surveys of its kind. Read More
Justice is Calling February 18, 2021 Read our report on our first-in-the-nation work to put People Over Profits by making jail phone calls free and ending commissary store markups. Read More
In California, how much do parents pay to talk to their children who are locked up in county juvenile facilities? The Financial Justice Project partnered with the Young Women's Freedom Center and Children's Defense Fund-California to publish a report on the expensive and varying costs of juvenile hall phone calls. Read More
How much do California jails charge incarcerated people for toothpaste, soap, and coffee? The Financial Justice Project partnered with the Young Women's Freedom Center to publish a report on how many California jails use their commissaries as profit centers to fund jail operations. As a result, incarcerated people and their families pay the price. Read More
Unique Pilot Program Shows Success in Expanding Racial and Economic Diversity in San Francisco Jury Pools December 02, 2022 Read More
NEW: $50 million in debt relief for tens of thousands of local residents September 15, 2022 Read More
2022 Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice Bootcamp Recording March 04, 2022 On March 3-4, 2022, The Financial Justice Project, PolicyLink, and the Fines & Fees Justice Center hosted the first Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice Bootcamp. Read More
Info Session on 2022 Fine and Fee Justice Bootcamp - Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice December 09, 2021 Read More
Webinar on SFMTA's NEW Discounts for People Experiencing Homelessness - The Financial Justice Project October 07, 2021 Read More
3/23 Online Panel on Prison and Jail Phone Justice - Worth Rises at The Greene Space March 23, 2021 The SF Financial Justice Project participated on an online panel hosted by Worth Rises at The Greene Space... Read More
The High Cost of Jail Calls and Commissary Markups - Aspen Institute February 23, 2021 The SF Financial Justice Project participated in a panel with the Aspen Institute and community advocates on February 23, 2021 on the costs... Read More
New Fine and Fee Discounts for Struggling San Franciscans - The Financial Justice Project February 02, 2021 The Financial Justice Project hosted a webinar on new fine and fee discounts for struggling San Franciscans for service providers and partners in community... Read More
Local Government Use of Fines and Fees - Michigan Journal of Law Reform January 28, 2021 The Financial Justice Project joined the Michigan Journal of Law Reform for a panel on how local governments use fines and fees as a revenue source... Read More
How We Rise: How social networks impact economic mobility - Brookings Institution January 12, 2021 The Financial Justice Project joined the Race, Prosperity and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings and community leaders from Racine, WI and Washington, DC for a webinar to examine... Read More
Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice - PolicyLink December 18, 2019 To seize upon and expand the movement for Financial Justice, PolicyLink, The Financial Justice Project, and the Fines and Fees Justice Center have established... Read More
The Payback Problem: Why Child Support in California Goes to the Gov't Instead - PolicyLink April 30, 2019 The Financial Justice Project joined PolicyLink and other experts for a conversation on how very year, hundreds of thousands of poor children across California... Read More
