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Bail Reform Lies Debunked by Los Angeles County Sheriffs' 2016 Custody Report. Check out the report here: http://www.la-sheriff.org/s2/static_content/info/documents/PMB_YER2016.pdf Bail Reform Lie #1: 70% - 90% of California Jails are filled with pretrial defendants who have not been convicted of a crime. Bail Truth #1: According to the 2016 Custody Report for the LA County Jail only 40% of inmates who cycled through the jail in 2016 were in pretrial status (that is down from 53% in 2015) Bail Reform Lie #2: 70% - 90% of people sitting in California Jails are there on low level misdemeanors and can be released with no harm to the public. Bail Truth #2: Out of all the pretrial defendants in the LA County Jail in 2016, less than 6% were there on low level misdemeanor charges while 90% were there on felony charges. Bail Reform Lie #3: The only reason 70%-90% of the pretrial inmates are sitting in California Jails is because they are too poor to afford a bail bond. Bail Truth #3: Of the 40% of pretrial inmates in the LA County jail in 2016, less than 5% were identified with a low level misdemeanor charge and were eligible for bail. That leaves less than 1% of inmates who don't bail out for reasons that may or may not be related to "poverty."

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Wait a second...we thought the risk assessments were supposed to be a tool for judges. If so, why are judges in Bernalillo County, NM being told to follow the recommendations of the tool. Which by the way is pretty much identifying everyone as low risk and releasing them into the community. "Second Judicial District Chief Judge Nan Nash told KOB judges are asked to follow the recommendations generated by the Arnold risk assessment formula to decide on pretrial detention." So much for Judicial discretion...I guess the bigger question is are these algorithms designed to get rid of bail bondsmen or are they designed to do away with judges and our criminal justice system as we know it. Scary times. http://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/district-attorney-raul-torrez-bernalillo-county-court-pretrial-detentions-albuquerque-crime/4576477/

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3d ago
Bail Reform is nothing more than our legislators blindly putting their faith in a black box computer algorithm and trusting that it can predict human behavior...unfortunately, research is showing that predicting human behavior is much harder than our legislators think. That is why algorithms like the Arnold Foundation's PSA are being scrutinized for continuously facilitating the unsupervised release of dangerous repeat felons...who are according to the algorithm are low risk. It is time for our legislators to stop putting our communities at risk and stop trying to eliminate legitimate forms of pretrial release like commercial bail that actually are effective and keep our communities safe and hold criminals accountable for their actions. https://thecrimereport.org/2017/08/18/does-predictive-policing-mathwash-bias/

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