Striking Down Unaffordable Money Bail & Pretrial Detention for Lower-Level Crimes in California
In re Kowalczyk. In May 2026, the California Supreme Court issued one of the most liberatory decisions in U.S….
California Writ Project
Since the landmark Humphrey ruling, our California habeas project has expanded: providing training and partnering, so far, with 17…
Challenging the Riverside County Bail Process
Sandoval v. Riverside. In May 2025, individuals detained in Riverside County jails filed a class action lawsuit challenging Riverside…
Challenging the Los Angeles Bail Schedule
Urquidi v. City of Los Angeles. CRC and co-counsel brought suit in California Superior Court in November 2022 on…
Striking Down the Money Bail System in Louisiana
Caliste v. Cantrell. In 2017, Civil Rights Corps filed a landmark federal class action lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional money…
Challenging the Money Bail System in Alamance County
Guill v. Allen. In November 2019, CRC filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of three people locked in jail…
Challenging Money Bail Practices in Calhoun
Walker v. City of Calhoun. In 2015, Civil Rights Corps and the Southern Center for Human Rights filed a…
Challenging the money bail system in Randolph County
Edwards v. Cofield. In 2017, Civil Rights Corps and partners filed a putative class-action lawsuit alleging that the money…
Challenging the money bail system in Cook County
Robinson v. Martin. Civil Rights Corps filed a historic challenge to the unconstitutional money bail system in Cook County,…
Challenging the Money Bail Practices in Cullman County
Hester v. Gentry. In 2018, Civil Rights Corps and partners filed a lawsuit alleging that hundreds of people in…
Challenging the Money Bail System in Tulsa County
Feltz v. Regalado. In 2018, Civil Rights Corps filed a lawsuit challenging Tulsa County’s unconstitutional wealth-based pretrial detention system….
Challenging Money Bail Practices in Nevada
Valdez-Jimenez v. Eighth Judicial District Court. Working closely with the Clark County Public Defender’s Office, Civil Rights Corps challenged…
Challenging the Money Bail System in California
In re Humphrey. In March 2021, the California Supreme Court issued, until that point, one of the best and…
Challenging the Money Bail System in Hamblen County
Torres v. Collins. We filed a major constitutional civil rights case alleging that the Hamblen County money bail system…
Challenging the money bail system in Harris County
ODonnell v. Harris County. In 2016, a single mom of two girls who was arrested for driving on a…
Striking Down Unfair Bail Rules in Davidson County Criminal Court
Nashville Community Bail Fund (NCBF) v. Gentry. NCBF is a nonprofit that works to free people who are being…
Challenging the Money Bail & Pretrial Detention System in St. Louis
Dixon v. City of St. Louis. In 2019, Civil Rights Corps and partners brought a landmark challenge to the…
Note: This map is non-exhaustive and represents a subset of Civil Rights Corps’ work