Bail Reform Misinformation: Why Searching for the Truth on Bail Reform is Harder Than You Think Understanding Bail Reform Misinformation in the Digital Age The Challenge of Finding Truth Online About Bail Reform In a world of disinformation, misinformation and propaganda, it is extremely hard…
Common Sense Facts for the Cashless Bail Debate: Why Financially Secured Release Through a Bail Bond Works Better Than FREE Release Through Cashless Bail Have you ever noticed that the arguments against using bail bonds in the criminal justice system typically go against common sense?…
The Truth About Zero Bail: It Makes Zero Sense About 3 years ago, the District Attorney out of Yolo County, Jeff Reisig, conducted a simple research project. He wanted to know whether releasing criminal defendants on zero bail, also called cashless bail, was an effective…
How Cashless Bail and Bail Reform Policies Are Leading to Preventative Detention The Unintended Consequences of Pretrial Release Activism When activism overrides collaboration in the criminal justice system, the push for cashless bail and bail reform can backfire, steering policies toward preventative detention. This article…
Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda (Part 3 of 4): Harvard Kennedy School Report We are happy to share the third segment of our series on Bail Reform Research and Propaganda. We saw in the review of the last two reports from The Brennan Center…
The Public States and Emphatic “NO” to Cashless Bail For years we have been hearing that the public favored bail reform. We were told that proponents had conducted surveys and polls proving, overwhelmingly, that the public wanted soft on crime policies. Legislators changed the law…
The AIA Surety team recently attended the Florida Bail Agents Association summer meeting in Orlando. As part of our sponsorship of the event, we conducted a brief survey of the state of bail in Florida. We would like to thank all the agents in attendance…
AIA Surety’s Vice President of Corporate Communications, Eric Granof, appears on the Bail in the Midwest Podcast with Shane Rolf to talk about the dark money behind the bail reform and rogue prosecutor movements.
AIA Surety would like to extend a big “Thank You” to all the members of the California Coalition that helped defeat SB562 this session. As you may know, this past legislative session the California legislature attempted to pass Senate Bill 562. This bill would have…
2025 Midyear Bail Profession Survey: And the Survey Says… More Than 70% of Agents Want More From Their Surety We would like to thank all the agents who took the time to take our mid-year state of the bail professional survey. The goal of the…
