The Purposeful and Confusing Language of the Bail Reform Movement: Bail Is Not Bond If you read or hear about any article or research study on the effectiveness of bail reform, you will always see the terms bail and bond used interchangeably, as if they…
Criminal Justice Policy Across America for Sale to the Highest Bidder Across the country, we have seen many instances of criminal justice policy shifting away from law and order and moving towards more social justice goals of reducing jail populations, limiting financially secure release, and…
The Latest Stories from Bail Reform Truth and Propaganda What’s new on the Bail Reform Truth website. Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of bail reform-related stories out in the media. The Bail Reform Truth website has tried to cover each…
PART 3: What Real Reform Looks Like in the Constitutional Crisis What’s needed are real reforms that actually solve the problem In part three of our three-part article series, The Constitutional Crisis No One is Talking About provides some much-needed recommendations on how to address…
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…
Hawaii Bail Agent James Lindblad Writes a Compelling Article on the Necessity of Secured Bail James Lindblad is at it once again. This time, writing a fantastic article on the necessity of bail and the failed arguments against it. This compelling article, which was published…
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 Overpromise of Risk Assessments Can a Questionnaire Predict the Future? Common Sense and Now Harvard Says No. Remember back 13 years ago, when the Arnold Foundation (now called Arnold Ventures) was in the middle of a world tour touting its predictive criminal justice algorithm.…
The Least Restrictive Means Contrary to What the Government Says, Free Release Can be More Restrictive Than Financially Secured Release In American pretrial law, the principle of the “least restrictive means” is straightforward. When a court decides to release a defendant pending trial, it should…
The Top 10 Bail Stats of All Time Part 2 (#5 through #1) We hope that you enjoyed last week’s list of top bail statistics #10 – #6. Understanding these important statistics is essential for anyone looking to successfully debate criminal justice and bail reform…
