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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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