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17
Mar
AI Jail Scams Exposed: How Scammers Fake Arrests with Voices, Spoofed Calls & Fake Bail Agents – And How to Stay Safe

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
1 min read
16
Mar
The Holly Act: Emphasizing Accountability and Putting a Stop to Low-Bonds in Ohio

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.
2 min read
13
Mar
North Carolina Bail Agent's Association Educates the Public on How to Avoid Bail Scams

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.
1 min read
12
Mar
The Business of Bail Reform: Who Profits When Commercial Bail Dies

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.
1 min read
07
Mar
Pretrial Risk Assessments: Garbage in, Garbage out

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.
2 min read
06
Mar
The Volunteer State Flirts with Replacing Liberty with Preventative Detention

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.
2 min read
05
Mar
The Concept of Bail Isn’t Just About Release from Jail; it is About Protection from Unchecked and Overreaching Government

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.
2 min read
04
Mar
Mississippi Bail Bonds: A Failure of Oversight and Accountability

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.
1 min read
04
Mar
The Bail Project: When Charity Becomes a Dangerous Game

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.
2 min read
03
Mar
Bail Reform and Cashless Bail Exposed: Why Free Release Policies Fail in the Real World

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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