Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Regressive Revenue Perpetuates Poverty: Why Georgia’s Fines and Fees Need Immediate Reform December 6, 2022 / December 6, 2022 by Ray Khalfani Introduction Georgia is the number one jurisdiction in the world for percentage of population under correctional control.[1] This has less to do with protecting public safety and more to do with a state and local criminal legal system that criminalizes poverty. One mechanism by which the state of Georgia and its localities do this is […] Read more » court Criminal Legal Systems driver's licenses fees fines judicial order prison probation revenue
Criminal Legal System Reform Ray Khalfani Reports Unjust Revenue from an Imbalanced Criminal Legal System: How Georgia’s Fines and Fees Worsen Racial Inequity December 16, 2021 / December 17, 2021 by Ray Khalfani Key Takeaways: Georgia’s poor governance of fines and fees revenue practices has allowed many economically underperforming localities to over-rely on fines and fees revenue, significantly contributing to Georgia having the highest probation rate in the country. Of the more than 430,000 Georgians who were on probation in 2018, nearly 40 percent of them were on […] Read more » Criminal Legal Systems driver's licenses fees fines revenue
