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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.
Bail Reform
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.”
Bail Reform
In her recent article, "Why California Needs Bail," bail industry veteran Susan Shapiro, discusses the ongoing question of cashless bail vs. secured release.
Bail Reform
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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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.
criminal justice reform
A man that was convicted of kidnapping and sexually abusing 16 children is about to be released by California's criminal loving leadership.
Bail Bonds
The sole purpose of any pretrial release mechanism is to ensure the appearance of the defendant in court. And that “appearance” doesn’t mean you have to attend one court appearance or only the convenient court appearances, it means you must attend ALL court appearances
Bail
In 2025, Delaware enacted a significant bail reform measure by amending its Constitution through Senate Bill 11, shifting away from a longstanding guarantee of the right to bail before conviction for all accused persons. In a recent blog post, Chris Blaylock, Sr. Vice President Advocacy and Distribution for Universal Fire
Bail
When most people think of the topic of bail bonds they typically default to the narrative and opinions that are presented by the opponents of bail. Why? Because these often misguided and one-sided opinions are the only points of view that Google’s algorithm decides to share.
Bail Bonds
Check out the new article from the AIA Surety Team on the irony of cashless bail policies. In a new report from the Bail Project, bail reform proponents are trying to link the move by several states to preventative detention on surety bail.
Bail
According to the blog, in the ongoing debate over bail reform, pretrial risk assessments have been promoted as a tool to facilitate cashless bail and soft on crime pretrial release policies by replacing traditional surety bail bond systems with so called “data-driven decisions.”
Bail Bonds
The core frustration stems not from a lack of arrests, but from systemic delays: unresolved cases, routine failure-to-appear issues, backlogged dockets, and unserved warrants that allow repeat offenders to cycle through the system.