Collaboration project on criminal justice debt reform releases three reports

Confronting Criminal Justice Debt: A Comprehensive Project for Reform is a collaboration of the Criminal Justice Policy Program and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). The initiative aims to bring together and provide tools to criminal justice advocates and civil justice advocates working towards reforming the challenges posed by criminal justice debt. This initiative released three reports today.

The Urgent Need for Comprehensive Reform
An overview of the collaboration project.

A Guide for Litigation
This guide is geared toward attorneys protecting clients from the problems posed by criminal justice debt practices.

A Guide for Policy Reform
This guide provides an overview of various areas of law regarding harmful criminal justice debt practices as well as detailed policy reform strategies.

For more information on this collaboration, visit their site here.