Dylan Hayre
@dylanhayre.bsky.social
girl dad, justice reform advocate, Boston sports fan, 🇮🇳🦁 // 👇🏽my views // (he/him)
We all want to build communities where #publicsafety is the defining feature. So, why do we still allow for law enforcement as wealth extraction? Or the entrenched perversion of revenue over #justice?
And what are the solutions we should be pushing toward?
Let's talk about it.
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And what are the solutions we should be pushing toward?
Let's talk about it.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:11 PM
We all want to build communities where #publicsafety is the defining feature. So, why do we still allow for law enforcement as wealth extraction? Or the entrenched perversion of revenue over #justice?
And what are the solutions we should be pushing toward?
Let's talk about it.
tinyurl.com/bdsbef7e
And what are the solutions we should be pushing toward?
Let's talk about it.
tinyurl.com/bdsbef7e
Lots of talk about open letters. The power of words. The damage words do when they're used carelessly. Feels like a good time to re-up this letter from Eddie Ellis on the power of words & the importance of humanizing language in #justicereform. #GreenlandLetter ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Lots of talk about open letters. The power of words. The damage words do when they're used carelessly. Feels like a good time to re-up this letter from Eddie Ellis on the power of words & the importance of humanizing language in #justicereform. #GreenlandLetter ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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FFJC is seeking an organized, solutions-oriented Administrative Assistant to support our Senior Leadership Team. If you're an adaptable, strategic thinker with a passion for justice reform — we want to hear from you!
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January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
February 4. #Albany.
Many voices, one message.
It's time for #NewYork to join the movement to #EndJusticeFees - to work toward economic and racial #justice - and pass the #EndPredatoryFeesAct.
Come make your voice heard. Our time is now. Let's go! secure.everyaction.com/2FrIt20JpE6c...
Many voices, one message.
It's time for #NewYork to join the movement to #EndJusticeFees - to work toward economic and racial #justice - and pass the #EndPredatoryFeesAct.
Come make your voice heard. Our time is now. Let's go! secure.everyaction.com/2FrIt20JpE6c...
No Price on Justice Advocacy Day
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January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
February 4. #Albany.
Many voices, one message.
It's time for #NewYork to join the movement to #EndJusticeFees - to work toward economic and racial #justice - and pass the #EndPredatoryFeesAct.
Come make your voice heard. Our time is now. Let's go! secure.everyaction.com/2FrIt20JpE6c...
Many voices, one message.
It's time for #NewYork to join the movement to #EndJusticeFees - to work toward economic and racial #justice - and pass the #EndPredatoryFeesAct.
Come make your voice heard. Our time is now. Let's go! secure.everyaction.com/2FrIt20JpE6c...
The #CivilWar wasn't about states' rights just like #ICE using authoritarian tactics isn't about immigration. Different century, same playbook - terrify, terrorize, seek submission from people who refused to be "other'ed" into obscurity. Wanna debate policy? Cool. Wanna support this? Not as much.
“I started screaming with everything I had, because I couldn’t even breathe,” 10th grader Arnoldo Bazan told ProPublica, showing where the agent’s hands had closed around his throat. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social and @mckenziefunk.com
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 AM
#BlackWomen have had to fight systemic erasure for decades. Thinking about Black women #leaders who built the path I walk on - Susan Burton, Mariame Kaba, Vivian Nixon, LaTonya Myers, Marilynn Winn... They taught us not to wait for a seat at the table. Build your own. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
Black Women Turn to One Another as Their Career Paths Suddenly Recede
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
#BlackWomen have had to fight systemic erasure for decades. Thinking about Black women #leaders who built the path I walk on - Susan Burton, Mariame Kaba, Vivian Nixon, LaTonya Myers, Marilynn Winn... They taught us not to wait for a seat at the table. Build your own. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
Policymakers telling people to believe in themselves while overseeing systems that refuse to believe in them... That's not just empty rhetoric. That's turning cruelty into culture. That's choosing harm over hope. #EndManMins #incarceration #parole #cjreform www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/16/l...
It’s Hard to Stay Hopeful When You’re Facing ‘Death by Incarceration’
LaMarr W. Knox on stalled prison reform measures: “In New York prisons, hope is nonexistent because so many of us are loaded up with long sentences.”
www.themarshallproject.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Policymakers telling people to believe in themselves while overseeing systems that refuse to believe in them... That's not just empty rhetoric. That's turning cruelty into culture. That's choosing harm over hope. #EndManMins #incarceration #parole #cjreform www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/16/l...
#Massachusetts has the chance to make history by passing the Road to Opportunity Act - a law to end the ineffective, inhumane practice of debt-based license suspensions - and joining the 26 states that have taken that step toward economic and racial justice. #FreeToDrive www.nclc.org/statement-of...
Statement of the Road to Opportunity Act Coalition on Favorable Report from Joint Transportation Committee
“We deeply appreciate the leadership of Senator Cyr and Chair Crighton in advancing this critical legislation."
www.nclc.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
#Massachusetts has the chance to make history by passing the Road to Opportunity Act - a law to end the ineffective, inhumane practice of debt-based license suspensions - and joining the 26 states that have taken that step toward economic and racial justice. #FreeToDrive www.nclc.org/statement-of...
A new, #mustread piece from our allies at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
Data, lived experience, and research make clear: States should continue working toward fine reform and fee elimination DESPITE - and, arguably, *because of* - chaotic #fiscal conditions. #cjreform
www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
Data, lived experience, and research make clear: States should continue working toward fine reform and fee elimination DESPITE - and, arguably, *because of* - chaotic #fiscal conditions. #cjreform
www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
States Should Reduce or Eliminate Criminal Fines and Fees, Even Amid Challenging Fiscal Landscape
Over the past three years, states and local governments across the country, with both Republican- and Democratic-held legislatures, have taken important steps in undoing harmful criminal legal...
www.cbpp.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
A new, #mustread piece from our allies at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
Data, lived experience, and research make clear: States should continue working toward fine reform and fee elimination DESPITE - and, arguably, *because of* - chaotic #fiscal conditions. #cjreform
www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
Data, lived experience, and research make clear: States should continue working toward fine reform and fee elimination DESPITE - and, arguably, *because of* - chaotic #fiscal conditions. #cjreform
www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
#SouthDakota recidivism rate: 50%. BUT, 37% of reincarceration due to technical parole violations. Good programming is good, but it's not the solution. You can't ask people to play better when the game's rigged. Real solution: eliminate fees & debt, reform parole. www.argusleader.com/story/news/2...
Half of SD inmates return to prison, new report shows
The group approved several recommendations at its meeting, including an endorsement of a faith-based seminary program.
www.argusleader.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
#SouthDakota recidivism rate: 50%. BUT, 37% of reincarceration due to technical parole violations. Good programming is good, but it's not the solution. You can't ask people to play better when the game's rigged. Real solution: eliminate fees & debt, reform parole. www.argusleader.com/story/news/2...
Compounding physical isolation and removal by adding emotional isolation and separation. This isn't the way to solve systemic problems, and it only adds harm - often unseen, long-lasting harm - to people who, I'm guessing, are the intended beneficiaries of this policy. truthout.org/articles/in-...
In Prison, Holding Handwritten Cards Is a Rare Joy. Illinois Is Taking It Away.
When mail is digitized, it becomes sterile – no longer a precious handwritten card that smells like my gramma’s perfume.
truthout.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Compounding physical isolation and removal by adding emotional isolation and separation. This isn't the way to solve systemic problems, and it only adds harm - often unseen, long-lasting harm - to people who, I'm guessing, are the intended beneficiaries of this policy. truthout.org/articles/in-...
Anyone fighting for #justice, #equity, and #economic fairness has to address the challenges of municipal courts. Honored to have been a part of this webinar series to discuss the role of these courts on #finesandfees. Gratitude to @anatapoff.bsky.social for your work bringing this issue to light. 🙏🏽
Video Curriculum
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November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Anyone fighting for #justice, #equity, and #economic fairness has to address the challenges of municipal courts. Honored to have been a part of this webinar series to discuss the role of these courts on #finesandfees. Gratitude to @anatapoff.bsky.social for your work bringing this issue to light. 🙏🏽
Good read for anyone who wants to better understand the egregious harm and injustice of #criminallegal fees and financial exploitation.
"Clients have told me, 'I pay my fees before I pay rent because I don't want to go back to jail. I pay my fees before I buy food,'"
www.law360.com/articles/239...
"Clients have told me, 'I pay my fees before I pay rent because I don't want to go back to jail. I pay my fees before I buy food,'"
www.law360.com/articles/239...
Sentenced To Debt: The Growing Fight Over Court Fees - Law360
Activists are increasingly working to abolish the myriad fees that states and municipalities charge criminal defendants to fund their courts and jails but that critics say leave indigent people with l...
www.law360.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Good read for anyone who wants to better understand the egregious harm and injustice of #criminallegal fees and financial exploitation.
"Clients have told me, 'I pay my fees before I pay rent because I don't want to go back to jail. I pay my fees before I buy food,'"
www.law360.com/articles/239...
"Clients have told me, 'I pay my fees before I pay rent because I don't want to go back to jail. I pay my fees before I buy food,'"
www.law360.com/articles/239...
Today is the day. The floating annex to #Rikers - #thebarge - is getting towed to a scrap yard. This day, and all that led to it, is what happens when directly impacted advocates lead the fight. One step closer to fully realizing the dream of ending Rikers, forever. hellgatenyc.com/scrapping-fl...
Scrapping NYC's 'Modern-Day Slave Ship'
The prison barge's sale to a Louisiana scrap metal company closes a grim chapter of New York City history. And more news to start your Wednesday.
hellgatenyc.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today is the day. The floating annex to #Rikers - #thebarge - is getting towed to a scrap yard. This day, and all that led to it, is what happens when directly impacted advocates lead the fight. One step closer to fully realizing the dream of ending Rikers, forever. hellgatenyc.com/scrapping-fl...
Few people have a greater degree of influence or more direct control over your local #criminaljustice system than your elected #DistrictAttorney. These #elections define so much about who we are as a country. Thank you, @boltsmag.org for pulling this info together. boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...
Your Guide to the 2025 Prosecutor Elections - Bolts
Key races will shape the politics of criminal justice from Philly to Seattle—plus a wild card in New Jersey. But most of November’s 66 prosecutor races feature just one candidate, as usual.
boltsmag.org
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Few people have a greater degree of influence or more direct control over your local #criminaljustice system than your elected #DistrictAttorney. These #elections define so much about who we are as a country. Thank you, @boltsmag.org for pulling this info together. boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...
This year, #HB1460 - the broadest Republican-led fee elimination bill in history - became law in #Oklahoma. Yesterday, Governor #KevinStitt held a ceremonial bill signing. This is about more than changing laws. This is about changing lives. #justice #cjr finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/2025/08/26/h...
Press Release: Gov. Kevin Stitt holds Ceremonial Bill Signing for HB 1460, a Groundbreaking Law Ending Fees in Oklahoma - Fines and Fees Justice Center
The broadest Republican-led fee elimination bill in history will improve the lives of millions of Oklahomans. Contact: Michael Paul Jackson, Fines and Fees Justice Center mjackson@finesandfeesjusticec...
finesandfeesjusticecenter.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This year, #HB1460 - the broadest Republican-led fee elimination bill in history - became law in #Oklahoma. Yesterday, Governor #KevinStitt held a ceremonial bill signing. This is about more than changing laws. This is about changing lives. #justice #cjr finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/2025/08/26/h...
Calls from incarceration are about so much more than communication. They are connection. They are access to necessary services. They are an essential tool in enduring the unparalleled challenge that is incarceration. And in #NewYork state, they're now free. #cjreform www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
Prisoners’ Phone Calls Will Soon Be Free in New York State
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Calls from incarceration are about so much more than communication. They are connection. They are access to necessary services. They are an essential tool in enduring the unparalleled challenge that is incarceration. And in #NewYork state, they're now free. #cjreform www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...
🚨NEW REPORT from @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social🚨 Imposing Instability — put together by FFJC's incredible #Policy & #Research team — shows just how much economic harm states inflict on communities, how little they collect, and the devastating consequences. finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/articles/imp...
Imposing Instability: How Court Fines and Fees Destabilize Government Budgets and Criminalize Those Who Cannot Pay - Fines and Fees Justice Center
In a first-of-its-kind report, the Fines and Fees Justice Center looks at the amount of criminal, juvenile, municipal, and traffic fines and fees imposed by courts nationwide and compares those ...
finesandfeesjusticecenter.org
July 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨NEW REPORT from @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social🚨 Imposing Instability — put together by FFJC's incredible #Policy & #Research team — shows just how much economic harm states inflict on communities, how little they collect, and the devastating consequences. finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/articles/imp...
After *years* of hard-fought #advocacy, in 2024 the #FCC announced historic caps on the cost of calls from #prisons & #jails. Now, succumbing to pressure from people who defend the systemic status quo of harm and exploitation, the FCC has postponed those caps. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/07...
FCC postpones its groundbreaking 2024 rules, allowing excessive phone and video rates to continue
Incarcerated people and their loved ones will continue to be exploited by sheriffs and telecom companies for two more years, while these same interests lobby ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
After *years* of hard-fought #advocacy, in 2024 the #FCC announced historic caps on the cost of calls from #prisons & #jails. Now, succumbing to pressure from people who defend the systemic status quo of harm and exploitation, the FCC has postponed those caps. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/07...
Reposted by Dylan Hayre
For those reentering society, freedom comes with strings attached.
Nearly every state allows jails & prisons to bill people for their own incarceration. From room & board to medical costs, these #PayToStay fees tether people to the system they’ve already paid their debt to.
@dylanhayre.bsky.social
Nearly every state allows jails & prisons to bill people for their own incarceration. From room & board to medical costs, these #PayToStay fees tether people to the system they’ve already paid their debt to.
@dylanhayre.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For those reentering society, freedom comes with strings attached.
Nearly every state allows jails & prisons to bill people for their own incarceration. From room & board to medical costs, these #PayToStay fees tether people to the system they’ve already paid their debt to.
@dylanhayre.bsky.social
Nearly every state allows jails & prisons to bill people for their own incarceration. From room & board to medical costs, these #PayToStay fees tether people to the system they’ve already paid their debt to.
@dylanhayre.bsky.social
"You've taken people at their most vulnerable and handed them a bill they can't pay. That debt destabilizes lives & entire communities."
Charging fees to incarcerated people isn't just egregiously bad fiscal practice. It's financial exploitation that exacerbates harm.
Charging fees to incarcerated people isn't just egregiously bad fiscal practice. It's financial exploitation that exacerbates harm.
Exclusive: Most states allow jails and prisons to charge inmates for own incarceration
The debt wheel puts up more obstacles to escaping the poverty that likely put them in jail
www.axios.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"You've taken people at their most vulnerable and handed them a bill they can't pay. That debt destabilizes lives & entire communities."
Charging fees to incarcerated people isn't just egregiously bad fiscal practice. It's financial exploitation that exacerbates harm.
Charging fees to incarcerated people isn't just egregiously bad fiscal practice. It's financial exploitation that exacerbates harm.
🚨NEW REPORT🚨 Groundbreaking new research reaffirms that comprehensive reform to end debt-based drivers license suspensions can lead to massive #ecomomic benefits. For any policymaker who's trying to strengthen the #workforce, start here. #Free2Drive
Impact of Debt-Based License Suspension Reform on Statewide Employment - Fines and Fees Justice Center
This study assess whether debt-based drivers licenses suspension reforms had a measurable impact on employment rates.
finesandfeesjusticecenter.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨NEW REPORT🚨 Groundbreaking new research reaffirms that comprehensive reform to end debt-based drivers license suspensions can lead to massive #ecomomic benefits. For any policymaker who's trying to strengthen the #workforce, start here. #Free2Drive
"I could not understand how this was happening in mental health units. It made no logical sense that people who were supposed to be receiving treatment were being denied medication and placed in conditions that would exacerbate their symptoms." #CLOSErikers www.themarshallproject.org/2025/06/27/r...
Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Island
Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human contact — or medication.
www.themarshallproject.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"I could not understand how this was happening in mental health units. It made no logical sense that people who were supposed to be receiving treatment were being denied medication and placed in conditions that would exacerbate their symptoms." #CLOSErikers www.themarshallproject.org/2025/06/27/r...
For years, cities & states have significantly ramped up their inhumane efforts — fueled by the #GrantsPass ruling from #SCOTUS — to criminalize people experiencing #houselessness. The #HousingNotHandcuffs Act would be a big step forward from this crisis. #Congress www.votervoice.net/NHLC/campaig...
Tell Congress: Pass the Housing Not Handcuffs Act
BackgroundIntroduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Maxwell Frost on June 26th, 2025, the Housing Not Handcuffs Act is restorative legislation that prevents federal agencies from arresting, ticketin...
www.votervoice.net
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For years, cities & states have significantly ramped up their inhumane efforts — fueled by the #GrantsPass ruling from #SCOTUS — to criminalize people experiencing #houselessness. The #HousingNotHandcuffs Act would be a big step forward from this crisis. #Congress www.votervoice.net/NHLC/campaig...
Love him or hate him, Vinny Schiraldi has always spoken truth to power. But this is about much more than the failures of legislative reform in #Maryland. This is a reminder of how even really well-intentioned agency leaders are limited in what they can achieve. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/26/s...
Schiraldi: Why I left Department of Juvenile Services | GUEST COMMENTARY
Maryland’s youth defendants are “languishing in custody while the wheels of adult courts slowly grind,” writes Vincent Schiraldi, the former secretary of the Department of Juvenil…
www.baltimoresun.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Love him or hate him, Vinny Schiraldi has always spoken truth to power. But this is about much more than the failures of legislative reform in #Maryland. This is a reminder of how even really well-intentioned agency leaders are limited in what they can achieve. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/26/s...