Memo: Voters Support Reducing the Use of Fines and Fees in Sentencing
By Data for Progress and The Justice Collaborative
Executive Summary
Sixty-four percent of voters support restricting the use of fines and fees to those who are able to pay.
Support for this proposal has broad, majority support across all ideological identifications, age group, and income brackets.
There are a variety of ways in which state and local officials can end the criminalization of poverty, including eliminating criminal system fees, limiting the use of fines, and requiring strong ability-to-pay evaluations and alternatives to court debt.
