For-Profit Policing: Fines, Fees, and Forfeitures

Reform of the American justice system has captured the attention of the American public. While the discussion has focused on sentencing policies, police accountability, and reentry issues, there is a less-examined, but equally significant issue: Increasingly, our justice system has come to rely on the criminal justice system as a means to create revenue. This panel examined the problems of for-profit policing and the alarming trend of using fines, fees, and forfeitures to fund law-enforcement agencies.

MODERATOR: Glen Downey, Law Offices of Glen Downey, Des Moines

PANEL:

Alanah Odoms Hebert, Deputy General Counsel, Special Counsel to Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson, Louisiana Supreme Court, NOLA;

Darpana Sheth, Sr. Attorney, Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA;

Sara Zampierin, Sr. Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL.