Criminal Legal System
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Access to Care, Better Jobs Key for Returning Citizens to Succeed
Policy solutions need to start behind bars and continue once incarcerated individuals are released.
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RFK Human Rights Testimony on Solitary Confinement to the NYC Council Committee on Criminal Justice
In December 2020, RFK Human Rights submitted a testimony to the NYC Council Committee on Criminal Justice, commending the Council for its intention to end solitary confinement, yet highlighting how certain measures fell short.
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Hundreds of People Freed From Jail in Time for the Holidays
People who would have been behind bars for months, even years, waiting for their day in court will now be able to safely return home to their families and communities.
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Teen Who Spent 40 Days in Adult Prison Savors Second Chance
Tags Share In 2018, RFK Human Rights bailed out 16-year-old Rosalyn “Bird” Holmes from adult prison. Now, her charges have finally been dropped and she has a clean slate. Read the full article here. Module type not found: newsArticles
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RFK Human Rights Calls for Californians to Oppose Prop 25
The injustice of money bail is real but Prop 25 isn’t the answer. Californians, please vote NO on Prop 25.
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Case Update for Rosalyn “Bird” Holmes
Tags Share In May 2018, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights paid the $60,000 bail of Rosalyn “Bird” Holmes, then 16. Bird was being detained in an adult jail 50 miles from her home in Memphis under Tennessee’s antiquated “safekeeping” laws, which kept individuals under 18 detained pretrial and other vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women,…
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Faces of Bail Reform
People directly affected by our wealth-based criminal legal system tell their stories.
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How to Honor Civil Rights Leaders
Tags Share This week during 1964, the late Attorney General Robert Kennedy painted a bleak picture. Jails were a place where poor men were sent to rot, while rich men went home to await court dates. “Bail has become a vehicle for systematic injustice,” my father told the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing. “Every…
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RFK Human Rights Helps Fund Community Bond Program
Tags Share In the spring of 2020, activist organization Mano Amiga launched its community bond program in the hopes of releasing people from Hays County Jail who couldn’t otherwise afford their freedom. The program, funded by a $75,000 grant from the National Bail Project and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, provides the full cash bond…
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Colin Kaepernick Teams Up With RFK Human Rights to Support Community Bail Funds
Tags Share As jails across the country experience a heightened risk of infection during the pandemic, Colin Kaepernick and his Know Your Rights Camp have teamed up with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights to help. The groups announced on Thursday morning that they will be partnering with dozens of community bail funds and local organizers—providing…
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Kerry Kennedy, Colin Kaepernick Commit $1 Million to Supporting Community Bail Funds
The Funds for Freedom partnership will accelerate the work of local organizers to release people from jails threatened by COVID-19.
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RFK Human Rights, Michigan Liberation Free People From Jail as Coronavirus Concerns Rise
Emptying jails must be a crucial public health priority to stem the spread of the virus.
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