AIA Bail Surety

09/02/2026

It is always interesting and informative to listen to President and CEO of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Anne Marie Schubert. Check out her latest interview on the Bail in the Midwest Podcast.

Shane Rolf lives up to his reputation as one of the best podcasts hosts in Episode 54 of the Bail in the Midwest podcast.

09/01/2026

There is a huge difference between Cash Bail and Surety Bail. Unfortunately bail reform proponents purposefully conflate the two in order to mislead the public and elected officials.

Learn the difference between cash bail and surety bail and why conflating the two can misrepresent the role surety bonds play in pretrial release.

08/25/2026

Bombshell Harvard report shows that Arnold Venture’s predictive risk assessment tool strikes out. Risk Assessments aren’t moneyballing the criminal justice system, instead they are making a complete joke of it.

Harvard research raises new questions about pretrial risk assessments and whether Arnold Ventures’ Public Safety Assessment can reliably predict outcomes.

08/21/2026

The AIA Surety team is in Carolina Beach at the NCBAA conference…

08/21/2026

They talk a good game, but where is the data.

We have all heard the sad stories about poor people being locked up in jail all because they can't afford a bail bond.

08/18/2026

The Truth About Least Restrictive Means: Contrary to What the Government Says, Free Release Can be More Restrictive Than Financially Secured Release...

Financially secured release can provide fewer restrictions than government pretrial supervision while still helping ensure court appearance.

08/18/2026

BREAKING NEWS: In a shocking new study for anyone without common sense, Harvard determines that Arnold Ventures' Public Safety Risk Assessment is unable to predict the future.

For how long have we been hearing that risk assessments are the answer to a more fair system? How long have we heard to trust the experts and the algorithms? Well guess what?

08/12/2026

Check out part 2 of our series on the top ten bail bond stats...

Discover the top five bail statistics showing how surety bail performs on failure to appear rates, fugitive recovery and pretrial release.

08/11/2026

Sitting at a table full of bail reform proponents debating is not a debate...

Is the bail reform debate really a debate? A look at Illinois, the SAFE-T Act and the differences between cash bail and surety bail.

08/11/2026

Oklahoma needs to avoid the bail reform pretrial services expansion trap...

Oklahoma lawmakers are currently looking to reform the state’s pretrial system. Recent reporting from The Frontier and KOSU has uncovered a potential issue in Oklahoma County surrounding their first appearance process.