Fines and Fees Justice Center
@finesandfeesjc.bsky.social
The Fines and Fees Justice Center (FFJC) is a national hub for research, advocacy, and collaboration for the reform of fines and fees.
Join us on 12/3 for a talk with the authors of Legal Plunder on how this system took shape, & what it will take to dismantle it. In-person registration closes soon! Register now!
📍 Online or in person at New York Law School
🎟️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
📍 Online or in person at New York Law School
🎟️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Join us on 12/3 for a talk with the authors of Legal Plunder on how this system took shape, & what it will take to dismantle it. In-person registration closes soon! Register now!
📍 Online or in person at New York Law School
🎟️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
📍 Online or in person at New York Law School
🎟️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
Join FFJC Co-ED Joanna Weiss for a conversation with the authors of Legal Plunder, @joesoss.bsky.social & @joshpage.bsky.social, exploring how our fines & fees system took shape and what it will take to dismantle it.
🗓️ 12/3, 12 PM ET
📍 Online or at New York Law School
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
🗓️ 12/3, 12 PM ET
📍 Online or at New York Law School
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join FFJC Co-ED Joanna Weiss for a conversation with the authors of Legal Plunder, @joesoss.bsky.social & @joshpage.bsky.social, exploring how our fines & fees system took shape and what it will take to dismantle it.
🗓️ 12/3, 12 PM ET
📍 Online or at New York Law School
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
🗓️ 12/3, 12 PM ET
📍 Online or at New York Law School
🎟️ tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
NV’s Corridor Court was shut down, but lawmakers brought it back this Special Session. As FFJC Nevada State Director Nick Shepack shared, “It did not work. It stripped financial resources & operated as a revolving door of incarceration for the unhoused.”
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November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NV’s Corridor Court was shut down, but lawmakers brought it back this Special Session. As FFJC Nevada State Director Nick Shepack shared, “It did not work. It stripped financial resources & operated as a revolving door of incarceration for the unhoused.”
🔗 tinyurl.com/2y7ftb6e
🔗 tinyurl.com/2y7ftb6e
People nationwide are being pushed into debt over fines & fees they can’t afford. Join us for a talk with Legal Plunder authors, @joshpage.bsky.social & @joesoss.bsky.social, on how this system emerged — and why reform can’t wait.
🗓️ 12/3 | 12 PM ET
📍Online or at NY Law School
🔗 tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
🗓️ 12/3 | 12 PM ET
📍Online or at NY Law School
🔗 tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
People nationwide are being pushed into debt over fines & fees they can’t afford. Join us for a talk with Legal Plunder authors, @joshpage.bsky.social & @joesoss.bsky.social, on how this system emerged — and why reform can’t wait.
🗓️ 12/3 | 12 PM ET
📍Online or at NY Law School
🔗 tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
🗓️ 12/3 | 12 PM ET
📍Online or at NY Law School
🔗 tinyurl.com/3bnpprvb
FFJC is now on Instagram! ✨
Follow us for a closer look into the movement to end predatory fines & fees and the people driving change. We’re sharing:
💥 Stories from the frontlines
📊 Research highlights
🏘️ Ways to bring reform to your community
👉 instagram.com/finesandfeesjusticecenter
Follow us for a closer look into the movement to end predatory fines & fees and the people driving change. We’re sharing:
💥 Stories from the frontlines
📊 Research highlights
🏘️ Ways to bring reform to your community
👉 instagram.com/finesandfeesjusticecenter
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
FFJC is now on Instagram! ✨
Follow us for a closer look into the movement to end predatory fines & fees and the people driving change. We’re sharing:
💥 Stories from the frontlines
📊 Research highlights
🏘️ Ways to bring reform to your community
👉 instagram.com/finesandfeesjusticecenter
Follow us for a closer look into the movement to end predatory fines & fees and the people driving change. We’re sharing:
💥 Stories from the frontlines
📊 Research highlights
🏘️ Ways to bring reform to your community
👉 instagram.com/finesandfeesjusticecenter
Understanding the fiscal impact of fines & fees has never been more critical.
🗓️ Join us tomorrow at 1 PM ET for a webinar exploring how fiscal analysis can strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful fines & fees reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
🗓️ Join us tomorrow at 1 PM ET for a webinar exploring how fiscal analysis can strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful fines & fees reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Understanding the fiscal impact of fines & fees has never been more critical.
🗓️ Join us tomorrow at 1 PM ET for a webinar exploring how fiscal analysis can strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful fines & fees reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
🗓️ Join us tomorrow at 1 PM ET for a webinar exploring how fiscal analysis can strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful fines & fees reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
The FCC promised relief — instead, it’s levying a $215M tax on families with incarcerated loved ones.
If making money is more important than reform and reintegration, it’s not a justice system – it’s a business built on harm.
Learn more from @eji.org: tinyurl.com/5n8y4r6e
If making money is more important than reform and reintegration, it’s not a justice system – it’s a business built on harm.
Learn more from @eji.org: tinyurl.com/5n8y4r6e
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The FCC promised relief — instead, it’s levying a $215M tax on families with incarcerated loved ones.
If making money is more important than reform and reintegration, it’s not a justice system – it’s a business built on harm.
Learn more from @eji.org: tinyurl.com/5n8y4r6e
If making money is more important than reform and reintegration, it’s not a justice system – it’s a business built on harm.
Learn more from @eji.org: tinyurl.com/5n8y4r6e
🗓️ On 11/13, join FFJC’s Lillian Patil & @okpolicy.bsky.social’s Cole Allen for a timely discussion on:
👉 Real government costs of the status quo
👉 Navigating missing/unclear fiscal data
👉 Accounts of how budget-based advocacy has driven reform
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
👉 Real government costs of the status quo
👉 Navigating missing/unclear fiscal data
👉 Accounts of how budget-based advocacy has driven reform
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🗓️ On 11/13, join FFJC’s Lillian Patil & @okpolicy.bsky.social’s Cole Allen for a timely discussion on:
👉 Real government costs of the status quo
👉 Navigating missing/unclear fiscal data
👉 Accounts of how budget-based advocacy has driven reform
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
👉 Real government costs of the status quo
👉 Navigating missing/unclear fiscal data
👉 Accounts of how budget-based advocacy has driven reform
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
Across the country, governments rely on fines & fees to raise revenue — but chasing uncollectible debt drains resources & destabilizes communities. For advocates & policymakers, understanding the full fiscal impact of is key to driving reform.
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Across the country, governments rely on fines & fees to raise revenue — but chasing uncollectible debt drains resources & destabilizes communities. For advocates & policymakers, understanding the full fiscal impact of is key to driving reform.
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
🔗 Register today: tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
A traffic ticket should never cost someone their livelihood.
On the latest @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social episode, FFJC’s Co-ED Joanna Weiss reflects on our work to end New Mexico's debt-based license suspensions — and shares how we’ve taken this model nationwide.
🎧 tinyurl.com/2x5zhy5d
On the latest @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social episode, FFJC’s Co-ED Joanna Weiss reflects on our work to end New Mexico's debt-based license suspensions — and shares how we’ve taken this model nationwide.
🎧 tinyurl.com/2x5zhy5d
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A traffic ticket should never cost someone their livelihood.
On the latest @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social episode, FFJC’s Co-ED Joanna Weiss reflects on our work to end New Mexico's debt-based license suspensions — and shares how we’ve taken this model nationwide.
🎧 tinyurl.com/2x5zhy5d
On the latest @pdefenselesspod.bsky.social episode, FFJC’s Co-ED Joanna Weiss reflects on our work to end New Mexico's debt-based license suspensions — and shares how we’ve taken this model nationwide.
🎧 tinyurl.com/2x5zhy5d
Maintaining the fines & fees status quo is harming families & governments alike.
🗓️ Join us on 11/13 at 1 PM ET for a timely conversation on leveraging fines & fees analysis to strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
🗓️ Join us on 11/13 at 1 PM ET for a timely conversation on leveraging fines & fees analysis to strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Maintaining the fines & fees status quo is harming families & governments alike.
🗓️ Join us on 11/13 at 1 PM ET for a timely conversation on leveraging fines & fees analysis to strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
🗓️ Join us on 11/13 at 1 PM ET for a timely conversation on leveraging fines & fees analysis to strengthen communities, help stabilize budgets, & drive meaningful reform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4embbv3y
Look Back: Worried about analyzing fiscal notes this session? You're not alone.
Check out our webinar to learn how to:
📖 Interpret fiscal notes
✍️ Understand the author’s methodology
⚖️ Challenge flawed fiscal notes to drive fines & fees reform
🎥 Watch now: tinyurl.com/4r383ftu
Check out our webinar to learn how to:
📖 Interpret fiscal notes
✍️ Understand the author’s methodology
⚖️ Challenge flawed fiscal notes to drive fines & fees reform
🎥 Watch now: tinyurl.com/4r383ftu
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Look Back: Worried about analyzing fiscal notes this session? You're not alone.
Check out our webinar to learn how to:
📖 Interpret fiscal notes
✍️ Understand the author’s methodology
⚖️ Challenge flawed fiscal notes to drive fines & fees reform
🎥 Watch now: tinyurl.com/4r383ftu
Check out our webinar to learn how to:
📖 Interpret fiscal notes
✍️ Understand the author’s methodology
⚖️ Challenge flawed fiscal notes to drive fines & fees reform
🎥 Watch now: tinyurl.com/4r383ftu
OK’s historic fee elimination law takes on 11/1, marking a major step toward fairness & opportunity.
Before #HB1460, too many Oklahomans found themselves trapped in court debt that drained household income, weakened the economy, & eroded public trust.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yn6c8njx
Before #HB1460, too many Oklahomans found themselves trapped in court debt that drained household income, weakened the economy, & eroded public trust.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yn6c8njx
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OK’s historic fee elimination law takes on 11/1, marking a major step toward fairness & opportunity.
Before #HB1460, too many Oklahomans found themselves trapped in court debt that drained household income, weakened the economy, & eroded public trust.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yn6c8njx
Before #HB1460, too many Oklahomans found themselves trapped in court debt that drained household income, weakened the economy, & eroded public trust.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yn6c8njx
Budget books tell a powerful story about fines and fees — if you know how to read them.
In our on-demand webinar, we break down how to:
📈 Decode dense budget documents
🔍 Spot where fines & fees show up
🏛️ Use that data to power your advocacy
🎥 tinyurl.com/2r8ex3y3
In our on-demand webinar, we break down how to:
📈 Decode dense budget documents
🔍 Spot where fines & fees show up
🏛️ Use that data to power your advocacy
🎥 tinyurl.com/2r8ex3y3
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Budget books tell a powerful story about fines and fees — if you know how to read them.
In our on-demand webinar, we break down how to:
📈 Decode dense budget documents
🔍 Spot where fines & fees show up
🏛️ Use that data to power your advocacy
🎥 tinyurl.com/2r8ex3y3
In our on-demand webinar, we break down how to:
📈 Decode dense budget documents
🔍 Spot where fines & fees show up
🏛️ Use that data to power your advocacy
🎥 tinyurl.com/2r8ex3y3
Session’s over, but the fight for reform isn’t. In last year's #TimelyTactics webinar, we explored how the budget shapes policy priorities, advocacy opportunities at every stage, and the pros & cons of using the budget cycle v. stand-alone legislation.
🎥 tinyurl.com/4ku7mkvp
🎥 tinyurl.com/4ku7mkvp
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Session’s over, but the fight for reform isn’t. In last year's #TimelyTactics webinar, we explored how the budget shapes policy priorities, advocacy opportunities at every stage, and the pros & cons of using the budget cycle v. stand-alone legislation.
🎥 tinyurl.com/4ku7mkvp
🎥 tinyurl.com/4ku7mkvp
Our justice system is supposed to be funded by everyone. But too often, low-income communities & communities of color are left paying the bill.
In #ImposingInstability, we found $14 BILLION in fines and fees imposed across 24 states in just 5 years.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
In #ImposingInstability, we found $14 BILLION in fines and fees imposed across 24 states in just 5 years.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our justice system is supposed to be funded by everyone. But too often, low-income communities & communities of color are left paying the bill.
In #ImposingInstability, we found $14 BILLION in fines and fees imposed across 24 states in just 5 years.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
In #ImposingInstability, we found $14 BILLION in fines and fees imposed across 24 states in just 5 years.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
Virginia's fines & fees are pushing families to the edge & jeopardizing their basic needs. Virginians deserve better.
Join us at the #StrengtheningJusticeSummit to:
🤝 Connect with like-minded leaders
💬 Share lessons learned
🧭 Shape the next wave of reform
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3ut52u
Join us at the #StrengtheningJusticeSummit to:
🤝 Connect with like-minded leaders
💬 Share lessons learned
🧭 Shape the next wave of reform
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3ut52u
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Virginia's fines & fees are pushing families to the edge & jeopardizing their basic needs. Virginians deserve better.
Join us at the #StrengtheningJusticeSummit to:
🤝 Connect with like-minded leaders
💬 Share lessons learned
🧭 Shape the next wave of reform
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3ut52u
Join us at the #StrengtheningJusticeSummit to:
🤝 Connect with like-minded leaders
💬 Share lessons learned
🧭 Shape the next wave of reform
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3ut52u
The Supreme Court has made it clear: people can’t be jailed over unpaid fines & fees unless their nonpayment is willful. But as FFJC Co-ED Joanna Weiss told @law360.bsky.social, “it happens every single day. All over this country, people are ending up in jail.”
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🔗 tinyurl.com/yh47ay46
October 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Supreme Court has made it clear: people can’t be jailed over unpaid fines & fees unless their nonpayment is willful. But as FFJC Co-ED Joanna Weiss told @law360.bsky.social, “it happens every single day. All over this country, people are ending up in jail.”
🔗 tinyurl.com/yh47ay46
🔗 tinyurl.com/yh47ay46
We’re proud to share that our Co-ED Priya Sarathy Jones is now a member of the Council on Criminal Justice! 🎉
By ensuring fines & fees remain a key part of the reform conversation, Priya will help the Council advance smart, comprehensive solutions that promote both safety & fairness for all.
By ensuring fines & fees remain a key part of the reform conversation, Priya will help the Council advance smart, comprehensive solutions that promote both safety & fairness for all.
October 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We’re proud to share that our Co-ED Priya Sarathy Jones is now a member of the Council on Criminal Justice! 🎉
By ensuring fines & fees remain a key part of the reform conversation, Priya will help the Council advance smart, comprehensive solutions that promote both safety & fairness for all.
By ensuring fines & fees remain a key part of the reform conversation, Priya will help the Council advance smart, comprehensive solutions that promote both safety & fairness for all.
Fines & fees disproportionately impact women, who are both more likely to be charged with fine-only offenses & less likely to be able to pay. For moms, that means lost income, family separation, & long-term instability.
It’s time to break the cycle.
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It’s time to break the cycle.
💡 tinyurl.com/48ba6tvz
October 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fines & fees disproportionately impact women, who are both more likely to be charged with fine-only offenses & less likely to be able to pay. For moms, that means lost income, family separation, & long-term instability.
It’s time to break the cycle.
💡 tinyurl.com/48ba6tvz
It’s time to break the cycle.
💡 tinyurl.com/48ba6tvz
Fines & fees aren’t just a burden, they’re a trap.
Nationwide, states are using the courts to squeeze revenue from the people least able to pay. This isn’t a glitch — it’s a choice that deepens inequality, drains resources, & destabilizes communities.
💡 tinyurl.com/4jhxt2pj
Nationwide, states are using the courts to squeeze revenue from the people least able to pay. This isn’t a glitch — it’s a choice that deepens inequality, drains resources, & destabilizes communities.
💡 tinyurl.com/4jhxt2pj
October 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Fines & fees aren’t just a burden, they’re a trap.
Nationwide, states are using the courts to squeeze revenue from the people least able to pay. This isn’t a glitch — it’s a choice that deepens inequality, drains resources, & destabilizes communities.
💡 tinyurl.com/4jhxt2pj
Nationwide, states are using the courts to squeeze revenue from the people least able to pay. This isn’t a glitch — it’s a choice that deepens inequality, drains resources, & destabilizes communities.
💡 tinyurl.com/4jhxt2pj
📢 Our panel, Serve & Protect or Curb & Collect, has been temporarily postponed.
We’ll be sharing a new date soon — and appreciate your understanding and continued support. Stay tuned! 💙
We’ll be sharing a new date soon — and appreciate your understanding and continued support. Stay tuned! 💙
September 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
📢 Our panel, Serve & Protect or Curb & Collect, has been temporarily postponed.
We’ll be sharing a new date soon — and appreciate your understanding and continued support. Stay tuned! 💙
We’ll be sharing a new date soon — and appreciate your understanding and continued support. Stay tuned! 💙
Governments shouldn’t bankrupt families to fund themselves. 🙅
In a new episode of @vanguardnewsgroup.bsky.social's Everyday Injustice podcast, we break down how fines and fees have turned our justice system into a revenue machine, prioritizing budgets over fairness.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
In a new episode of @vanguardnewsgroup.bsky.social's Everyday Injustice podcast, we break down how fines and fees have turned our justice system into a revenue machine, prioritizing budgets over fairness.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Governments shouldn’t bankrupt families to fund themselves. 🙅
In a new episode of @vanguardnewsgroup.bsky.social's Everyday Injustice podcast, we break down how fines and fees have turned our justice system into a revenue machine, prioritizing budgets over fairness.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
In a new episode of @vanguardnewsgroup.bsky.social's Everyday Injustice podcast, we break down how fines and fees have turned our justice system into a revenue machine, prioritizing budgets over fairness.
🎧 tinyurl.com/4jpfxufn
We’re excited to share that @detroitjusticecen.bsky.social is hosting a public screening of #FinedOut — followed by two panels on how communities are fighting for reform.
📍LOVE Building – 4731 Grand River Ave. Detroit
⏰9/23 | 6 PM
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 Register today: finedout.com/events
📍LOVE Building – 4731 Grand River Ave. Detroit
⏰9/23 | 6 PM
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 Register today: finedout.com/events
September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We’re excited to share that @detroitjusticecen.bsky.social is hosting a public screening of #FinedOut — followed by two panels on how communities are fighting for reform.
📍LOVE Building – 4731 Grand River Ave. Detroit
⏰9/23 | 6 PM
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 Register today: finedout.com/events
📍LOVE Building – 4731 Grand River Ave. Detroit
⏰9/23 | 6 PM
🎟️ Free admission
🔗 Register today: finedout.com/events
For thousands of New Mexicans leaving prison, monthly parole fees — ranging from $25 to $150 — were a major barrier to successful reintegration. But thanks to #SB375, returning citizens can look forward to a fresh start, free from parole fee debt.
👉 tinyurl.com/4usvnku3
👉 tinyurl.com/4usvnku3
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For thousands of New Mexicans leaving prison, monthly parole fees — ranging from $25 to $150 — were a major barrier to successful reintegration. But thanks to #SB375, returning citizens can look forward to a fresh start, free from parole fee debt.
👉 tinyurl.com/4usvnku3
👉 tinyurl.com/4usvnku3