Robin Steinberg
CEO of The Bail Project | Disrupting Mass Incarceration
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Robin Steinberg is the CEO of The Bail Project, an organization dedicated to combating mass incarceration in the United States. Steinberg has pioneered a new model for bail reform, providing free bail assistance and connecting defendants to court dates and supportive services.
Under her leadership, The Bail Project has grown to operate in over 40 cities, freeing thousands from pretrial detention. Steinberg's TED Talk on the money bail system has reached millions, exposing the injustices of a system that criminalizes poverty.
Her keynotes inspire audiences to take action and advocate for equitable criminal justice reforms.
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The US is addicted to incarceration. Here's how to break the cycle
Nearly half a million people in the US are in jail right now without being convicted of a crime, simply because they can't come up with the money to pay cash bail. To try and fix this system, public defender and activist Robin Steinberg asked a straightforward question: What if we paid bail for them? In conversation with TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi, Steinberg shares how her nonprofit The Bail Project -- which uses a revolving fund to post bail for those who can't afford it -- is scaling up their efforts across the country and rolling out a new community-based model to fight mass incarceration. (This ambitious plan is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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