The Hidden Dangers of Bail Reform How Pretrial Risk Assessments Decrease the Effectiveness of Cashless Bail and Pretrial Release Systems In the push for bail reform, pretrial risk assessments have emerged as a supposed solution to eliminate surety/cash bail systems and promote fairer pretrial release…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF If the Bail Project Hates Cash Bail So Much, Why Do They Utilize it Every Day? Happy New Year everyone! Another year has ended, and we can all look towards 2025 with hope and confidence that the failed experiment,…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Typically, when I write bail reform related blogs, I like to focus on the victim side of the issue. Not just because it is the right thing to do, but it just seems that no one is concerned about…
With everything going on in the bail industry across the country, now is the time to keep yourself informed. On January 1st, 2017, the entire state of New Jersey moved away from financially secured release and adopted more a D.C. style “detain” or “release for…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF This morning I arrived in the office early. I grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down to read through the long list of emails I had received over the last 8 hours. After deleting all the SEO solicitations,…
