Resources/Media

Reports

Final Report of the Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group (Dec. 2023)
(PDF)

Records of Criminal Legal System Imposed Debt Study Group created by HB 244 (2023)

National Center for Access to Justice, Justice Index: Fines and Fees, Delaware report (Nov. 2022) (Delaware ranked 23rd currently, after having previously been near-bottom)

Debtors' Prison for Kids - The High Cost of Fines and Fees in the Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile Law Center - Delaware Report

Meryem Dede, “Blood from a Turnip: How Delaware’s Misdemeanors Compound Poverty (and How to Fix It),” DSBA Journal, June 2020, pp. 33-34

Webinars & Videos

Fines, Fees, and You: Progress in the First State Panel Discussion, January 22, 2025

National Center for Access to Justice, “Towards a Debt-Free 2023: Lessons and Opportunities in Fines and Fees Reform”, presented by the National Center for Access to Justice, December 21, 2022, w/ Meryem Dede, Co-Coordinator of CEDP

The Cost of Justice? Delaware's Fines & Fees System, LWV of Delaware, May 23, 2022

Fines and Fees: A Community Discussion in Wilmington, March 14, 2022

CEDP Video Petition, June 8, 2021

“End Debtors’ Prison in Delaware and Everywhere,” a video by D. Marque Hall, March 15, 2021

Webinar by the Campaign to End Debtors’ Prison, Panel Discussion by Experts, December 11, 2020

“Commentary: ‘Criminal injustice’ should be addressed,” Bay to Bay News, Mary Anne Edwards, December 6, 2020

Webinar by the Campaign to End Debtors' Prison, Panel Discussion, November 16, 2020

LWVNCC - Delaware Hot Topics: Ending Debtors' Prisons in Delaware, October 26, 2020

Fines and Fees Justice Center

National Center for Access to Justice

American Bar Association: Ten Guidelines on Court Fines and Fees
(PDF)

Brennan Center for Justice: The Steep Costs of Criminal Justice Fees and Fines