nashvillecourtwatch

02/26/2021

We held an emergency Virtual Court Watch in our efforts to keep

Here’s another opportunity to get involved!

The court hearing we observed is archived on YouTube, which means you can watch it at any time convenient for you.

Click the link below to virtual court watch with us!

Instructions are located there.


http://nashvillebailfund.org/virtualcourtwatch

02/24/2021

We held an emergency Virtual Court Watch in our efforts to keep

Here’s another opportunity to get involved!

The court hearing we observed is archived on YouTube, which means you can watch it at any time convenient for you.

Click the link below to virtual court watch with us!

Instructions are located there.

01/22/2021

For the past two months we have observed cases in General Sessions and Criminal Court in our effort to place eyes and ears on and in Davidson County Courtrooms. Starting in February, we will be taking things a step further! Wealth based detention begins at Bail Court (or formally recognized as Night Court) so we are now expanding our Court Watch Program to include Bail Court observations. This is a new branch of Court Watch created as a means to tackle the issues of wealth based detention + judicial accountability from the root.

We recognize that the work has to be done but we also want to keep our volunteers safe and protected from COVID 19. This option is a safer option given the limited seating in this specific space.

We hope you join us in our work of ending wealth based detention and pushing judicial accountability and transparency with our Court Watch Program.

Click the link below to sign up to be a Courtwatcher!

https://forms.gle/jbmodSiJxHnRS8n4A

01/19/2021

We seek to cultivate a culture of judicial accountability & transparency by bringing the Nashville community into courtrooms to observe the behavior of public officials in court. Click the link in our bio or email [email protected] to become a court watcher!

01/13/2021

Court Watcher Testimonial (Part 1)

Check out this feedback from our Court Watch volunteer. Sydney talks about what interested her in our program, why the Court Watch Program is necessary and her first hand experience with case observations!

12/15/2020

Successful Court Watch day with one of our Court watchers! Thank you for joining us in case observations today, ...

If you’d like to join us on Thursday, click the link in our bio or email [email protected]

12/04/2020

The NCBF Court Watch Program is excited to launch our first mass training! The training will include Court Terminology 101, a breakdown of Court operations, General Sessions + Criminal Court flow, the importance of Court Watch and everything else you’ll need to know to become a Court Watcher. The training will be held via zoom, Monday December 7, 2020 from 4pm-5:30pm CST.

We hope to see you then! The link is below to register.

Interested in court watching with us? Please fill out the sign-up form below.

12/04/2020

The Nashville Court Watch Program is excited to launch our first mass training! The training will include Court Terminology 101, a breakdown of Court operations, General Sessions + Criminal Court flow, the importance of Court Watch and everything else you’ll need to know to become a Court Watcher. The training will be held via zoom, Monday December 7, 2020 from 4pm-5:30pm CST.

We hope to see you then! Link in our bio to register.

Interested in court watching with us? Please fill out the sign-up form below.

12/02/2020

You’d think that the court make virtual access accessible and possible to the public. We’ve called, sent letters and sent virtual requests and they’ve all been denied. What are they trying to hide?

This is unsafe and unacceptable!

12/02/2020

Our work is more than paying bail. Since we launched our Court Watch program just a month ago, we’ve had almost 20 court watchers observe court hearings & record their experiences. Your donation will help us build our CourtWatch program, which YOU can be a part of!

11/23/2020

Court Watch is in full effect this morning! Tomorrow is the last court watching day of the week in light of the holiday. Send us a dm or email our Court Watch Coordinator, [email protected] to sign up!

11/21/2020

Another great week of Court Watching! Our court watchers provided us with a Reflection Hearing, notes on each case, and a completed score card rating of the specific Judge.

We equip our watchers with a Nashville Court Watch badge, case specifications and other CWP documents to ensure a safe successful shift.

Access to the courts is a constitutional right. Keeping our eyes and ears on the courts is our right, too. We look forward to more court watch observations and inviting in more of the community to be apart of it.

Next week Court Watch will be limited given the holiday week so we will be present Monday and Tuesday.

Slots are full for Monday, but if you are interested in joining us on Tuesday, send us a dm or email our Court Watch Coordinator at [email protected]...We look forward to having you on board!