The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund hopes that by posting bail and helping defendants as they await trial, they can show that he cash bail system is an unnecessary part of the justice system.
New Leash on Life USA is a recidivism reduction program in Philadelphia that pairs at-risk dogs with individuals in the criminal justice system to provide both with an opportunity at a new life.
Students Run Philly Style’s MileUp program hosts races and training for teens and youth interested in running as a way to bring them into a diversion program that helps keep them out of the juvenile justice system.
With the resignation of health commissioner Thomas Farley, harm reduction organizations fighting the city’s opioid crisis wonder what this change in leadership means following another increase in drug overdose deaths in 2020.
