05/04/2016
For Example, Jefferson County, Colorado is touted as a pretrial success story. However, recently, statistics have been released about the effectiveness of the pretrial program and the numbers show that the program has failed in every goal that it had. Jail numbers are up, not down as promised by the program creators. Jail length of stays are up and not down as the program promised…and so on and so on. Pretrial also talks about Kentucky as the perfect model of bail because they have no “money bail.” The truth about Kentucky is that even though there is no surety bail, the majority of bail in the state is still cash bail (aka money bail). Additionally, even with no surety bail, the jails in Kentucky are crowded…how could that be? My guess…jail overcrowding has nothing to do with the commercial bail industry.
Behind the Paper with Brian Nairin Last week, I watched a judicial hearing in Connecticut. It was in regards to proposed legislation that will mandate the use of 10% deposit bail in the state. As I watched the various testimonies from those who were showing… Read more