Dylan Hayre
@dylanhayre.bsky.social
girl dad, justice reform advocate, Boston sports fan, 🇮🇳🦁 // 👇🏽my views // (he/him)
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
municipalcourts.org
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...
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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...
210,000.
That's how many *parole-eligible* human beings are imprisoned - people who remain incarcerated solely because of the decisions (or lack thereof) from state #parole boards that are, far too often, free to do as they please. #decarcerate #cjreform projects.csgjusticecenter.org/overlooked/
That's how many *parole-eligible* human beings are imprisoned - people who remain incarcerated solely because of the decisions (or lack thereof) from state #parole boards that are, far too often, free to do as they please. #decarcerate #cjreform projects.csgjusticecenter.org/overlooked/
Overlooked: How Parole Boards Shape Lives and Systems
projects.csgjusticecenter.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
210,000.
That's how many *parole-eligible* human beings are imprisoned - people who remain incarcerated solely because of the decisions (or lack thereof) from state #parole boards that are, far too often, free to do as they please. #decarcerate #cjreform projects.csgjusticecenter.org/overlooked/
That's how many *parole-eligible* human beings are imprisoned - people who remain incarcerated solely because of the decisions (or lack thereof) from state #parole boards that are, far too often, free to do as they please. #decarcerate #cjreform projects.csgjusticecenter.org/overlooked/
Substance use #decriminalization is not a cure-all. One of the biggest problems in decrim-only policy: fines. "Fines and fees are something that disproportionately impacts low-income populations, making it a vital element to address alongside other forms of punishment." filtermag.org/drug-decrimi...
How Can Drug Decriminalization Be Built to Last?
Decrim policies exist in 39 countries, but their details vary wildly. Realistic expectations are key to avoiding backlash, experts say.
filtermag.org
June 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Substance use #decriminalization is not a cure-all. One of the biggest problems in decrim-only policy: fines. "Fines and fees are something that disproportionately impacts low-income populations, making it a vital element to address alongside other forms of punishment." filtermag.org/drug-decrimi...
Reposted by Dylan Hayre
Even small missteps can grow into major setbacks.
“For a lot of folks, the impossibility of success [on supervision] is almost entirely determined by their ability to pay,” said @dylanhayre.bsky.social during a panel with @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Justice Lab, EXiT, & Justice System Partners.
“For a lot of folks, the impossibility of success [on supervision] is almost entirely determined by their ability to pay,” said @dylanhayre.bsky.social during a panel with @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Justice Lab, EXiT, & Justice System Partners.
June 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Even small missteps can grow into major setbacks.
“For a lot of folks, the impossibility of success [on supervision] is almost entirely determined by their ability to pay,” said @dylanhayre.bsky.social during a panel with @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Justice Lab, EXiT, & Justice System Partners.
“For a lot of folks, the impossibility of success [on supervision] is almost entirely determined by their ability to pay,” said @dylanhayre.bsky.social during a panel with @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Justice Lab, EXiT, & Justice System Partners.
To every advocate, ally, policymaker, and leader who continues to fight against systemic oppression, discrimination, marginalization, and harm - to everyone who believes we can have and works for a world defined by justice, hope, and healing: thank you. #juneteenth
June 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
To every advocate, ally, policymaker, and leader who continues to fight against systemic oppression, discrimination, marginalization, and harm - to everyone who believes we can have and works for a world defined by justice, hope, and healing: thank you. #juneteenth
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In just 10 years, the #FinesAndFees reform movement has emerged as a unifying, bipartisan force. From our recent wins in Oklahoma and Nevada, to growing momentum nationwide, we’re driving reforms that expand access to #justice for all – regardless of income.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In just 10 years, the #FinesAndFees reform movement has emerged as a unifying, bipartisan force. From our recent wins in Oklahoma and Nevada, to growing momentum nationwide, we’re driving reforms that expand access to #justice for all – regardless of income.
Stay in the know 👉 tinyurl.com/2hr264j2
Stay in the know 👉 tinyurl.com/2hr264j2
Grateful to be back at #JohnJay for a #criminaljustice convening. #NYCattheCrossroads is a timely, invaluable opportunity to hear, reconnect with, and learn from some of the leaders in this city's historic, dynamic justice reform and community safety work.
May 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Grateful to be back at #JohnJay for a #criminaljustice convening. #NYCattheCrossroads is a timely, invaluable opportunity to hear, reconnect with, and learn from some of the leaders in this city's historic, dynamic justice reform and community safety work.
The assault on #Harvard is driving the news, but know that #Trump has levied similarly devastating attacks on several organizations that've been working toward common-sense, bipartisan #justice reform for years. He thinks he's attacking the "left". All he's really doing is making everyone less safe.
May 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The assault on #Harvard is driving the news, but know that #Trump has levied similarly devastating attacks on several organizations that've been working toward common-sense, bipartisan #justice reform for years. He thinks he's attacking the "left". All he's really doing is making everyone less safe.
April is #SecondChanceMonth — time to reflect on and recommit to ending barriers standing btwn the 1-in-3 U.S.'ians w/ a criminal record and their chance to heal, grow, & thrive. Chief among those barriers? #finesandfees across the criminal legal system. finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/2025/04/01/s...
The Price of a Fresh Start: True Second Chances Start With Fines and Fees Reform - Fines and Fees Justice Center
Whether you’re fighting for parole and probation reform, advocating for fair housing, supporting reentry programs, or working to expand employment access, this #SecondChanceMonth, we’re calling on cri...
finesandfeesjusticecenter.org
April 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April is #SecondChanceMonth — time to reflect on and recommit to ending barriers standing btwn the 1-in-3 U.S.'ians w/ a criminal record and their chance to heal, grow, & thrive. Chief among those barriers? #finesandfees across the criminal legal system. finesandfeesjusticecenter.org/2025/04/01/s...
Fines and Fees Justice Center co-ED Priya Sarathy Jones speaking at @nba.com Social Justice Coalition's 'Give & Go' event — alongside Ken Oliver (Just Trust) and Nan Gibson (JPMC Policy Center) — about the depth of harm in the criminal legal system and the power of second chances. #SecondChanceMonth
March 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Fines and Fees Justice Center co-ED Priya Sarathy Jones speaking at @nba.com Social Justice Coalition's 'Give & Go' event — alongside Ken Oliver (Just Trust) and Nan Gibson (JPMC Policy Center) — about the depth of harm in the criminal legal system and the power of second chances. #SecondChanceMonth
Ten years ago today, the DOJ released their #Ferguson report - a groundbreaking chronicle of how the criminal legal system's reliance on #fines and #fees to generate revenue erodes trust between the system, police, and communities. It was the genesis of a movement dedicated to tackling that issue.
Fines and Fees Justice Center
finesandfeesjusticecenter.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Best advice I ever received about staying focused on your cause when it feels chaotic: keep tugging on your thread in the quilt of oppression. Tug on yours, trust others to tug on theirs, and the quilt unravels. Don't grab more of the quilt. That makes it impossible for anyone to pull their thread.
February 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Best advice I ever received about staying focused on your cause when it feels chaotic: keep tugging on your thread in the quilt of oppression. Tug on yours, trust others to tug on theirs, and the quilt unravels. Don't grab more of the quilt. That makes it impossible for anyone to pull their thread.