Bail reform is an urgent topic in the United States and internationally, but what constitutes
reform and how to accomplish reform goals is contested. Jails are a modern epicenter of …

In the past six decades, pretrial detention systems have undergone waves of reform. Despite
these efforts, pretrial jail populations across the country continue to swell. The causes of …

For at least the last forty years, the focus of bail reform has been a consideration of the
confines of the government's right to protect the public against dangerous defendants. There …

It is commonly said that the state holds a monopoly on criminal punishment.'In operation,
however, that monopoly power is wielded almost entirely by the executive while the …

In the United States, a marked preference for carceral responses to social ills has fueled
incarceration rates that vastly exceed those of almost every other nation. 1 The US justice …

ABSTRACT In 2014, the South Dakota Law Review convened a symposium to
commemorate the launch of Project Rural Practice (later renamed the Rural Attorney …

In many places in the United States, perspectives on the necessity of jail incarceration are
changing. There is now significant public discussion on the failures of traditional policing …

ABSTRACT As advocates', lawyers', and legislators' bail reform efforts intensify in Texas and
throughout the country, we consider the limits of pretrial procedural protections when judges …

There is a dire need for bail reform in the immigration detention system. Scholars have
suggested a variety of recommendations to improve the manner in which immigration …

This chapter, written for Rural America in the 2020s: Shocks, Stressors and Successes
(forthcoming 2025), provides a broad survey of the intersections of law with rurality. It thus …