Bail Reform
Bail Reform Exposed as Modern Day Snake Oil
Another day, another research report comes out showing that some state’s promise of bail reform utopia never materialized.
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Bail Reform
Strike Two: The Bail Reform Narrative Falls Short Once Again
Over the last couple months there has been two key articles published that have completely dismantled the bail reform narrative.
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Victim advocacy
The National Cold Case Center: Where Hope Never Grows Cold
In today’s criminal justice system, it is hard to find anyone committed to helping real victims of crime. Over the past several years we have seen grants and dollars flow out of victim services and into defendant services.
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Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
California Parole Board Just Became a Tiny Bit Less Crazy
Just when you thought that California was incapable of being logical and sane, they shock the world an do something that falls under the category of common sense.
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Bail Reform
We Must Tell Our Story or it Will be Told For Us
In the bail profession, nothing is ever given. Agents must work hard for every dollar they make. The same goes for credibility and respect.
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Bail Reform
Should More Detention Be the Solution to Failed Bail Reform?
In a recent editorial in thecity1, Whiteside County Sheriff John F. Booker talks about Illinois failed bail reform
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Bail Podcasts
Bail in the Midwest Podcasts Hosts Former Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert
Shane Rolf lives up to his reputation as one of the best podcasts hosts in Episode 54 of the Bail in the Midwest podcast.
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Bail Reform
Bail Reform Rhetoric: All Talk and No 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.
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Bail Research
The Arnold Venture's Predictive Risk Assessments Found to Have no Predictive Abilities at All
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?
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Bail Reform
Activist California Judge Cares More About Criminals Than California Citizens
This past week in California, another activist judge was responsible for releasing an illegal immigrant from jail for free without any oversight or accountability.
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Bail Reform
Oklahoma: Don’t Confuse Broken Hearings with a Mandate to Expand Pretrial Services
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.
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Bail Reform
Zero Bail Policies Take Another Life in California
The next time you see a study by the Brennan Center that says that releasing criminals on cashless bail works just as well as secured bail, question it.
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Bail Reform
Bail Reform: Justice for Me, But Not for Thee
There is no question that bail reform policies are a complete and utter failure around the country. They promise a criminal justice utopia for everyone, but deliver more crime and less justice.
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Bail Bonds
Financially Secured Release is not a Punishment...It is a Guarantee of Accountability
Is it just me or does every article on the subject of bail reform keep making the same basic mistake. They always talk about bail as if it were some type of unattainable price tag for a person’s liberty and freedom.
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Bail Project
The Bail Project: Altruism, Activism, or Fantasy
In a recent article posted on the "Public Safety and Accountability" website, the author, Mike Morrison, analyzes one of the largest supporters of bail reform, The Bail Project, and the motives behind their actions.
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Bail Reform
California's Criminal Loving Governor Refers to Murdered Victims and their Families as "Political Rhetoric"
California has been at the forefront of soft on crime policies for well over a decade. And what has it brought the state and its residents? An increase crime and a decrease in defendant accountability.
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Bail Bonds
Apple Chooses Ideology Over Public Information
Apple has now joined the growing list of major technology platforms that are actively restricting public access to information about legitimate bail bond services
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Bail Reform
The Vera Institute Plays the Blame Game With ZERO Facts
In a sharp opinion piece, Mississippi bail agent and President of the Mississippi Bail Agents' Association, Mike Morrison, criticizes the Vera Institute of Justice’s July 17 article, “Out-of-Control Federal Law Enforcement Is Undermining Public Safety.”
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Legislation
The Safe-T Act’s Broken Promise: When “Ending Money Bail” Leads to More Detention
When Illinois passed the Pretrial Fairness Act (Safe-T Act) and fully eliminated money bail in 2023, reformers promised a bold new era of pretrial justice.
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News
Four New Bail Articles in the Latest Issue of the Texas Bail Bulletin
The latest issue of the Texas Bail Bulletin is out and once again it is filled with great content.
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Charitable Bail Funds
The Bail Project: Do They Really Even Know Who is Actually in Jail or Are They Just Making Their Story Up?
In his pointed critique, Mike Morrison, a 35-year veteran of the surety bail industry dismantles The Bail Project’s recent article claiming that most people in jail are not dangerous.
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Bail Reform
The Consequences of Discretion and Pretrial Release
The real question, he writes, is not whether discretion exists, but who exercises it, under what standards, and with what consequences.
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Bail Podcasts
Texas Attorney Ken Good is Interviewed on the Saving America Podcast
Texas attorney, Ken W. Good, a member of the Board of Directors of the Professional Bondsmen of Texas, spent some time talking with Dr. David D. Shine on the Saving America Podcast.
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Bail Reform
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation: Ensuring Justice, Accountability and Protecting the Voices of Crime Victims
If you are a resident of California, you are most likely familiar with the state’s love affair with criminals and nonsensical, victim hating criminal justice policies.
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Bail Research
The Constitutional Right to Bail...Where Does it Come From
In a recent article from President of the Mississippi Bail Agent's Association, Mike Morrison, the argument is made that the right to bail, protected by the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive bail
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Bail Podcasts
Bail In the Midwest Podcast Releases New Episode with Mike Solan
In the latest episode of the Bail in the Midwest podcast, host Shane Rolf interviews Mike Solan, a 27-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department and former president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild.
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Bail Research
Non-Profit Complains About Prosecutors Not Recommending Release Through Their Pretrial Program
If a Pretrial Services program wants more defendants, then maybe they should be more effective...
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Charitable Bail Funds
Charitable Bail's False Narrative and Why It’s so Irresponsible and Dangerous
In a recent opinion piece, the national policy director for The Bail Project, argues that cash bail punishes people simply for being poor and that charitable bail funds offer a more humane and effective alternative.
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Bail Research
Harris County Court Watch Data Exposes Failures of Cashless Bail and Unsecured Pretrial Release
AIA Surety released Part 6 of their article series, the Six Most Significant Bail Studies Ever Conducted. Part 6 includes the report produced by the Houston Police Officers' Union on the effectiveness of Harris County's bail reform efforts.
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Bail Research
If Bail Reform Works, where is the Data?
From personal recognizance bonds in Harris County, Texas to zero bail in New Jersey to the complete elimination of financially secured release in Illinois, we are always hearing the same thing...the results are great
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Bail Research
Part 5: The Six Most Significant Bail Studies - Reisig (2023) Yolo County Zero Bail Study
The fifth study in AIA Surety's series on the most significant bail studies is the Yolo County Zero Bail Study, conducted by former District Attorney Jeff Reisig and released in 2023
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News
While Bail Scams Continue to Plague Consumers Across the Country, Bail Agents Step up to Help
Nicole Martinez, President of the Colorado Association of Professional Bail Sureties, wrote an op-ed for the Gunnison Country Times this week about a consumer scam that is making its way across Colorado as well as the rest of the country.
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Bail Research
Part 4: The Six Most Significant Bail Studies, Dr. Michael Block, "The Effectiveness and Cost of Secured and Unsecured Release in California’s Large Urban Counties” (2005)
Conducted by University of Arizona economist Michael K. Block, Ph.D., the report analyzed more than a decade of Bureau of Justice Statistics data from California’s largest urban counties between 1990 and 2000.
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Bail Reform
The Fuzzy Math Behind Bail Reform
In a recent article on the AIA Surety website, cashless bail and bail reform data and claims about the effectiveness of their policies and programs are called into question.
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Bail Research
Part 3: The Six Most Significant Bail Studies - Dr. Robert Morris, Dallas County Pretrial Release Study (2013, 2014, 2017)
The next research study in AIA Surety's The Six Most Significant Bail Studies series is the Dallas County, Texas Pretrial Release Study by Dr. Robert Morris.
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Bail Reform
Illinois’ Pretrial Fairness Act (SAFE-T Act) Is Not Delivering the “Fairer and Safer” System It Promised
It praises the elimination of money bail, the new “evidence-based” detention hearings, public defender advocacy, court reporters, and the supposed triumph of due process over “wealth-based detention.”
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Legislation
H.R. 6260 - Unravelling the Failings of the Bail Reform Movement at the National Level
On May 14, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6260, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, along party lines as part of a broader Republican-led package targeting cashless bail policies and charitable bail organizations.
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Bail Research
Bail's Effectiveness Comes from the Powerful Incentives it Creates
The second study in AIA Surety's article series on the best bail studies ever conducted is the 2004 study by economists Eric Helland and Alexander Tabarrok, titled “The Fugitive: Evidence on Public Versus Private Law Enforcement from Bail Jumping.”
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Bail Reform
Vera Institute's California Messaging on Bail Reform Spins Like a Top
Check out the latest article from President of the Mississippi Bail Agents Association, Michael Morrison, criticizing the Vera Institute and the anti-surety movement for promoting a narrative that every bail decision in California amounts to “wealth-based detention.”
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Bail Reform
Congressional Testimony on Federal Bail Reform: A Misleading Portrait of Liberty vs. Reality
While his critique of wealth-based detention is a common talking point in bail reform debate and is expected from someone like Raskin, the facts about cashless bail, the federal system and their effectiveness tell a very different story.
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Legislation
SB 1026 Held up in Committee: A Win for Secured Bail in California’s Bail Reform and Pretrial Release Debate
The recent decision to hold California Senate Bill 1026 (SB 1026) in committee represents a significant victory for secured release and effective pretrial release practices.
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Bail Research
Part 1 – The Six Most Significant Bail Studies Ever Conducted
The first study in AIA Surety's "Six Most Significant Bail Studies" article series is the Cohen & Reaves (2007) Bureau of Justice Statistics report, Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts, 1990–2004, stands as the most comprehensive analysis of pretrial release ever conducted...
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Legislation
Did the California Supreme Court Just “Remake” the State’s Bail System...Hardly
In a recent article entitled, Did the California Supreme Court Just Remake the State’s Bail System, the Marshall Project makes the case that a new ruling by California’s Supreme Court will remake the state’s bail system
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Bail Research
Every Criminal Justice Stakeholder Should Know About These Six Bail Studies
There have been many studies done over the past several decades on the effectiveness of bail. From government studies to academic studies to independent studies, one thing has always been consistent, the results.
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Bail Reform
Why California Needs Bail: Secured Release Is Essential for Victim Safety and Justice
In her recent article, "Why California Needs Bail," bail industry veteran Susan Shapiro, discusses the ongoing question of cashless bail vs. secured release.
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Bail Reform
Judges Apologizing to Criminals: When the Criminal Justice System Bends a Knee
In a recent op-ed on the Crime Survivors Journal website, veteran victim advocate Patricia Wenskunas of Crime Survivors condemns U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui for apologizing to Cole Tomas Allen...
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Bail Reform
Why Do You Fight for Bail? I Know Why We Do.
As someone who represents one of the nation’s oldest and most experienced bail sureties, I can tell you that the team at AIA Surety invests heavily in defending, promoting, and protecting the bail profession.
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Legislation
Minnesota Freedom Fund Pushes “Equity” Agenda and Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Eliminate Cash Bail in Minnesota
Earlier this week, a proposal to amend Minnesota’s constitution was heard by legislators. This proposal, supported and endorsed by the Minnesota Freedom Fund...
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Bail Reform
When Accountability is Removed and Certain Demographic Groups are Allowed to Get Away with Crime the System Fails Everyone
In a functioning criminal justice system, personal responsibility is the foundation: break the law and face predictable, uniform consequences regardless of income or identity.
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News
Yolo County DA, Jeff Reisig Fights Back Against Twisted California Law That Gives Child Rapist Another Shot at Freedom
California continues to care more about criminals than its own taxpaying residents. In a recent article, Yolo County District Attorney, Jeff Reisig, discusses California’s dangerous elder parole law and failed approach to public safety.
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Legislation
Bail in the Midwest Podcast: Opposition to Washington State's Proposed Court Rules Grows
In the latest episode of the Bail in the Midwest podcast (Episode 50), host Shane Rolf interviews Courtney Wimer, President of the Washington State Bail Agents Association.
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Charitable Bail Funds
The Bail Project’s Own Data Undermines Its Taxpayer-Savings Claim
In a recent Tax Day op-ed, The Bail Project argues that America wastes $14 billion in taxpayer dollars every year detaining legally innocent people in local jails simply because they cannot afford cash bail.
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Legislation
Will Washington State's Supreme Court Listen to the People or One Special-Interest Group?
The proposed rules would make it significantly harder to detain defendants who miss court dates and would cap bail amounts for many low-level offenses.
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Bail Reform
Bail Reform Truth vs. Propaganda: A Robust Discussion on the Bail Post Podcast
In a compelling episode of The Bail Post podcast, Eric Granof of AIA Surety strongly criticizes modern bail reform initiatives and pretrial release policies sweeping the United States.
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Bail Reform
Beware of Sad Stories: How Bail Reform Proponents Try to Shape Policy with Empathy
In a recent post on Facebook, Mike Morrison, President of the Mississippi Bail Agents Association, criticizes a growing trend in the anti-surety bail movement that elevates personal storytelling over measurable data and outcomes.
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Bail Reform
Bail Reform's Biggest Myth: Evidenced Based Nonsense
A new article posted on the AIA Surety website by Eric Granof, dismantles the popular claim that bail reform is backed by solid “evidence-based” research.
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Bail Reform
Crime Survivors Speak Out: Where has all the Funding Gone?
In a recent powerful opinion piece, longtime victim advocate, Patricia Wenskunas of Crime Survivors, argues that funding originally intended to support real crime victims is quietly disappearing
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Bail
PART 7 - The Business of Bail Reform: Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies
The bail reform movement represents one of the most coordinated philanthropic campaigns in criminal justice history, with a small network of foundations investing an estimated $700-$800 million through overlapping grantees who both research and advocate for reform.
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Bail
How Bail Reform Creates Selective Enforcement of the Law and Ultimately Leads to Justice for No One
Once citizens believe enforcement decisions are driven more by ideology than by consistent principle, public trust collapses, cynicism grows, and the social contract fractures.
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Bail
PART 6: The Business of Bail Reform - Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies
The pretrial drug testing industry—led by Averhealth, Cordant Health Solutions, and Redwood Toxicology Laboratory—has grown alongside bail reform, with 77% of pretrial programs including drug testing by 2009, and drug court testing increasing 11.7% in 2023 alone.
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Bail Bonds
Hawaii Bail Reform Bill Faces Sharp Criticism
A recent opinion column in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser by John Deutzman strongly opposes Hawaii’s latest bail reform legislation, House Bill 2413, warning that the measure goes too far in reshaping Hawaii's pretrial release practices
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Bail
Bail Agents Step Up to Protect Families: Sounding the Alarm on Sophisticated Jail Scams and Sharing Proven Ways to Stay Safe
All over the country, people are becoming the victims of sophisticated jail scams. In usual fashion, when there is something negatively impacting or threatening the jurisdiction's criminal justice system, the first ones to speak up and warn the public are licensed bail bondsmen.
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Bail
Washington’s Proposed Bail “Reforms” Would Sacrifice Public Safety for Ideology
In a recent opinion piece in the Seattle Times, David Montes of the ACLU of Washington and Maddisson Alexander of Civil Standard, argue that cash bail is a discriminatory tool that punishes poverty and violates the presumption of innocence.
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Bail
PART 5: Washington Bail Reform
This article focuses on the fact that not once in their arguments for completely altering the pretrial release process do the proponents mention the impact that these changes would have on victims
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Bail
PART 4: Washington Bail Reform
The proposed overhaul of Washington State's bail rules cites New York and Illinois as jurisdictions that have successfully reformed their pretrial systems. But a closer look at what actually happened in both states tells a more complicated story.
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Bail
PART 5: The Business of Bail Reform - Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies
These charitable bail funds marketed themselves as a mechanism by which peaceful protestors could be bailed out. Unfortunately, what ended up happening was that these charitable bail funds didn't just bail out protestors...they bailed out anyone they could for any crime.
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Bail
PART 3 of 5 - Washington State Bail Reform
So, the question becomes, why in the world would Washington State consider such a substantial rule change based on a failed Vermont policy?
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Bail
PART 2 of 5 - Washington State Bail Reform
A single philanthropic funder bankrolled the advocacy groups whose reports are now cited as "independent research" in the GR9 Cover Sheet filed with the Washington Supreme Court.
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Bail Bonds
PART 1 of 5: Washington State Bail Reform
This article is part one of a five-article series on the proposed court rules being considered in Washington State. These proposed rules would completely change one of the most efficient and effective bipartisan pretrial systems in the country. The big question is, why?
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Bail Bonds
Texas Attorney Ken Good Explains How Proposition 3 Will be Applied in Recent Murder Case
Bail attorney and Professional Bondmen of Texas board member Ken Good explained that this provision shifts more accountability to prosecutors...
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Bail Bonds
The Proliferation of Bail Bond Scams: Impostors Posing as Agents Prey on Families in Distress
A phone rings. The caller claims your son, daughter, or grandchild has just been arrested and is sitting in jail. They identify themselves as a licensed bail bondsman or even a deputy or pretrial specialist.
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Bail Bonds
Part 4: The Business of Bail Reform - Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies
Arnold Ventures has invested $142 million in a wide range of criminal justice reforms since 2011, including $48 million for pretrial justice through the National Partnership for Pretrial Justice.
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Bail Bonds
Bail Reform and Pretrial Release: Why Serious Crimes Demand Financially Secured Bonds — Not Cashless Bail
In the heated bail reform debate on the topic of pretrial release, the recent article “Bail That Fits the Case: Why Serious Crimes Demand Serious Bond Consideration”, Cary Carlisle, President of the Florida Bail Agents Association, makes a compelling case...
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Bail Bonds
Bail Reform's Expensive Promise of "Fairness"
In the ongoing debate surrounding bail reform and pretrial release, many jurisdictions have shifted away from traditional financially secured bail bonds toward court-supervised pretrial release programs that emphasize “fairness”...
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Victim advocacy
Victims of Crime Want Justice and Accountability not Soft on Crime Coddling
The Prison Policy Initiative's narrative gaslights survivors by manufacturing a consensus that victims support lighter sentences and alternatives to incarceration. This way of thinking not only undermines public safety but also dismisses the trauma of violent offenses as a mere “myth.”
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Bail Bonds
Part 3: The Business of Bail Reform Series - Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies
The latest article in the Business of Bail Reform Series by JL Fullerton, covers electronic monitoring. When Illinois became the first state to eliminate all forms of secured bail in September 2023, the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services...
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Bail Bonds
Preventing a Failure to Appear Involves More Than Just a Text Message
Bail reform proponents have recently been focusing a lot of their articles and online narrative on the effective nature of text messages. In their opinion, if you want to get someone who is accused of a crime to show up for court all you need to do is send them a text message.
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criminal justice reform
California’s Elder Parole Law is Letting Another Child Predator out of Prison
Israel Ceja, convicted in 2000 of 20 counts of forcible rape along with assault with a firearm, child endangerment, and lewd acts against his 11-year-old stepdaughter, was recommended for early release on January 29, 2026...
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Bail
AI Jail Scams Exposed: How Scammers Fake Arrests with Voices, Spoofed Calls & Fake Bail Agents – And How to Stay Safe
Scammers are increasingly exploiting high-stress family emergencies, particularly fake claims that a loved one is in jail, by using sophisticated tactics like AI-generated voices cloned from online audio clips
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Bail Bonds
The Holly Act: Emphasizing Accountability and Putting a Stop to Low-Bonds in Ohio
Last summer, a violent street brawl in downtown Cincinnati gained national attention through viral videos, leaving several people injured—including Holly, an innocent bystander who was knocked unconscious.
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Bail Bonds
The Prison Policy Initiative's War on Crime Victims
For years, this so called “non-partisan” group, and its broad network of other like-minded activist organizations have organized and focused their efforts on promoting bail reform, cashless bail and anti-crime victim policies.
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crime survivors journal
Crime Survivors Journal: The Bail Project Promises Freedom for All, Regardless of Public Safety
Patricia Wenskunas, founder of Crime Survivors, has published a new blog called the Crime Survivors Journal. The first article on this new site dedicated to protecting and ensuring the rights of crime victims...
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Bail
North Carolina Bail Agent's Association Educates the Public on How to Avoid Bail Scams
Bail bond scams have been running rampant around the country over the past several months. Scammers prey on the public by calling and demanding money to bail out a loved one.
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Bail Bonds
Why are Charitable Bail Funds Against Ensuring the Appearance of the Accused with a Financial Guarantee?
In the ongoing debate surrounding bail reform, charitable bail funds and their advocates have flooded media outlets with claims that financially secured surety bonds are ineffective for pretrial release.
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Bail
The Business of Bail Reform: Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies
The world's largest private prison company is one of bail reform's biggest advocates. That fact alone should prompt scrutiny. BI Incorporated, owned by GEO Group (acquired for $415 million in 2011), explicitly discusses bail reform as a business opportunity.
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Bail Bonds
Warning Washington: Learn From the Mistakes of Philadelphia and the Failings of 10% Deposit Bail
History has shown us that this approach is ineffective. In addition to providing an instant 90% discount on bail, it also creates uncollectible debts, incentivizes flight from justice, and undermines public safety without the oversight of commercial bondsmen.
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Bail Reform
The Business of Bail Reform: Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies - Part 1
Have you ever wondered why so many organizations and businesses are involved in the bail reform movement? Have you ever wondered why billionaire philanthropists spend so much money trying to “re-imagine” our criminal justice system.
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Bail Bonds
Pretrial Risk Assessments: Garbage in, Garbage out
Like a bad bail reform movie sequel, it appears that conversations and proposals involving pretrial risk assessments have once again re-emerged in the bail reform debate.
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Bail Bonds
The One Video That Shines a Light on and Truly Defines Charitable Bail Funds
If you ever questioned the validity and effectiveness of charitable bail funds, there is one video you must watch.
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Bail
The Volunteer State Flirts with Replacing Liberty with Preventative Detention
As cashless bail and soft on crime policies around the country have created lawlessness in many of our communities, the natural reaction by many states has been to go too far in the other direction.
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Bail
The Concept of Bail Isn’t Just About Release from Jail; it is About Protection from Unchecked and Overreaching Government
Bail bonds serve as a critical mechanism in the criminal justice system, acting as a historical restraint on government power to ensure pretrial release without undue detention.
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Bail
Mississippi Bail Bonds: A Failure of Oversight and Accountability
In Jones County, Mississippi, a high-risk pretrial release case has exposed critical flaws in how bail bonds are determined for violent offenders.
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Bail
The Bail Project: When Charity Becomes a Dangerous Game
For years, charitable bail funds have operated in our criminal justice system unregulated and unchecked. They lobby against cash and secured bail, claiming that it is ineffective and unfair, and then ironically pay cash to release defendants on their own.
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Bail Reform
Bail Reform and Cashless Bail Exposed: Why Free Release Policies Fail in the Real World
Bail reform advocates continue to push cashless bail as a proven success that reduces pretrial detention without harming public safety or court appearance rates, but this latest article...
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Bail Reform
The Bail Project: Charity or Irresponsibility?
The Bail Project, an organization spearheading and promoting the use of charitable bail fund initiatives around the country, is facing growing scrutiny for its dangerous and irresponsible approach to pretrial release.
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criminal justice reform
California Politicians Love Criminals So Much, They Are About to Release a "Monster" into Your Community So You Can Love Him Too
A man that was convicted of kidnapping and sexually abusing 16 children is about to be released by California's criminal loving leadership.
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Bail
Free Bail isn’t Free: Understanding the High-Cost Cashless Bail on the Bail in the Midwest Podcast
In the latest podcast episode "Bail in the Midwest (Episode 47) Special Edition - The High Cost of Cashless Bail," host Shane Rolf...
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Bail Bonds
A Critical Assessment of the Bail Project's Detention by Design Report by the Safe Streets Project
The ongoing debate over bail reform has been dominated by well-funded and well-organized progressive activist groups promoting free release for all criminals. One of these groups...
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Bail
10% Deposit Bail to the Court: When Courts use Bail to Enrich Themselves
In the ongoing debate over bail reform and pretrial release, the "10% to the court" bail system has emerged as a controversial alternative to traditional secured surety bonds.
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Bail Bonds
The Promise of Cashless Bail Fairness and Safety Continues to Disappoint
The cashless bail system is a key pillar of the bail reform movement. It was introduced to promote equity in pretrial release by eliminating financial barriers that proponents believe disproportionately affect low-income individuals and communities of color.
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