Part 1: The Constitutional Crisis No One Is Talking About Preventive detention is not the answer to a decade of unaccountable release In this series, we examine why expanding preventive detention and limiting the constitutional right to bail is the wrong response to failures…
Cash Bail vs. Surety Bail: Bail Reformers’ Misleading Conflation In a recent article from the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, the author argues that high cash bail is the root cause of rising county jail bills and growing pretrial detention. While the piece…
The Echo Chamber of the Bail Reform Movement “Be a voice, not an echo.” – Albert Einstein When one reads a story about our criminal justice system today, it is often framed as a “debate” on criminal justice or a “debate” on bail reform. While…
