NYT Magazine: How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor

NYT Magazine: How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor

Jan 24, 2019

“What we’ve seen in our research is that the mechanisms vary, depending on the region,” says Joanna Weiss, co-director of the Fines and Fees Justice Center. “But they have one thing in common: They use the justice system to wring revenue out of the poorest Americans —...