In a Pandemic, Poor Defendants Could Pay With Their Lives
COVID-19 lays bare the fundamental inequalities that a cash bond system creates, and highlights the unsafe conditions our jails and prisons have designed.
Amalia Beckner
Amalia Beckner is a lawyer in the felony trial division of the Harris County Public Defender’s Office.
Articles by Amalia Beckner
Why I Started a Book Club in the Harris County Jail
Education programs make jails safer and reduce rates of recidivism when people reenter society.