A new video and research brief from the Urban Institute’s Black Family Thriving Initiative explore how fines and fees in the criminal legal system can create cycles of debt that undermine economic mobility for Black families and limit pathways into the middle class. Watch the video and explore the research for solutions that state and local leaders can adopt to invest in residents’ futures.
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