When Being Poor Becomes a Crime | TCF Sidebar #41

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Episode 41

Tonight’s Sidebar takes a hard look at how poverty shapes outcomes in the criminal justice system.

From cash bail and court fees to fines, probation costs, and access to counsel, we’re discussing whether people are punished not for what they’ve done, but for what they can’t afford. At what point does the system stop being about justice and start being about money?

This conversation will touch every stage of the process - arrest, bail, sentencing, and supervision - and raises uncomfortable but necessary questions about fairness, access, and equality under the law.

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