Criminal justice reform gets new life in Congress

Published May 8, 2018 12:26am ET



Google announced Monday it would no longer run ads on its platforms promoting bail bond services, an announcement that precedes a bail reform event Google plans to hold Tuesday in Washington with Koch Industries.

“Studies show that for-profit bail bond providers make most of their revenue from communities of color and low income neighborhoods when they are at their most vulnerable, including through opaque financing offers that can keep people in debt for months or years,” said Google.

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