The Top 5 Bail Stories of 2025
The Top 5 Bail Stories of 2025 As we approach the end of another trip around the sun, we always like to look back on the year and assess how we did. While 2025 was an up and down year for the bail profession, overall,…
Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda: Part 2
Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda (Part 2 of 4): The Bail Project Tulsa, Oklahoma Study As we close out October and head into November, “Cashless Bail” is still making headlines across the country. Ever since President Trump’s August 25th executive order, bail reform has…
Right on Crime, Left on Crime or Smart on Crime?
Crime is and always will be something that impacts each and every one of us. No matter what side of the political spectrum that you sit on, we all want to live in a community that is safe and secure. That is why crime is…
Selling Out Public Safety One District Attorney at a Time
Over the past decade we have seen a purposeful and strategic attack on our criminal justice system. This attack has been promulgated and funded by a small group of progressive billionaires, most notably, the founder of Open Societies Foundation, George Soros. The most powerful aspect…
The Number One Thing That Agents Want is More Help Fighting Bail Reform
We recently conducted a state of the bail profession survey amongst bail agents to try and better understand agents’ general impression of the industry, as well as the things they felt were the most important things they wanted from their surety. While the results were…
If the Bail Project Hates Cash Bail So Much, Why Do They Utilize it Every Day?
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,…
When the Data Can’t Speak for Itself…the Activists Speak for it
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF When the data can’t speak for itself…the activists speak for it Is it just me or does it seem like every other day now there is an article touting the success of bail reform? In the past few of…
The Power of Public/Private Cooperation: Improving Criminal Justice for Everyone
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF The Power of Public/Private Cooperation: Improving Criminal Justice for Everyone This past week the AIA Team spent some time in Raleigh, North Carolina. This trip, however, was different than previous ones. We weren’t there to meet with agents or…
California Finally has a Chance to Lead the Country in Something Worth Talking About: Removing Progressive District Attorneys
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Removing Progressive District Attorneys California has always touted itself as a leader across the country when it comes to progressive ideas and policies. So much so, that when California comes up with a new radical progressive policy, it doesn’t…
The Pendulum of Justice: Let ‘em out, Lock ‘em up
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Over the past decade we have witnessed a giant swing of the pendulum in the criminal justice system from tough on crime policies to soft on crime policies and back again. These erratic swings have been created by knee…