The Price of Justice: Rethinking the Consequences of Justice Fines and Fees

Those who commit crimes should be accountable to victims and their communities.

The role of the justice system is to determine a fair and impartial resolution on behalf of society.

However, legal financial obligations resulting from criminal justice involvement—including fines,

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fees, and costs—may undermine these very goals.

The current landscape of legal financial obligations has come under heightened scrutiny in recent months and years, particularly in light of the findings of the U. S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigation of the Ferguson Police Department.

These findings and other sources report justice agencies focused on maximizing revenue, rather than public safety and rehabilitation; people being incarcerated for failing to pay despite inability to do so; and racial and ethnic disparity in the impacts of criminal justice debt.

Currently, little is known about the extent to which government agencies rely on fines and fees, whether it is cost beneficial to fund efforts to collect fines and fees; and the extent and effects of fines and fees on justice-involved individuals.This program will make make available site-based grants and technical assistance available for state and local government agencies to implement innovative approaches to addressing the common barriers to equitable systems of legal financial obligations.
Related Programs

Justice Reinvestment Initiative

Department of Justice


Agency: Department of Justice

Office: Office of Justice Programs

Estimated Funding: $2,500,000


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Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Full Announcement

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Not Available

Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.bja.gov/funding/JRIpriceofjustice.pdf

Contact:
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays. support@gr

Agency Email Description:
Technical Application Support

Agency Email:
support@grants.gov

Date Posted:
2016-03-14

Application Due Date:
2016-05-12

Archive Date:
2016-06-11



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