Washington State Bail Reform The False Narrative Behind Washington State’s Proposed Court Rules A Five Article Expose By JL Fullerton For many years, Washington State has had one of the most effective bail systems in the country. The product of a bipartisan task force, Washington’s…
Accountability Matters: A Simple Text is Not Enough to Keep us Safe How Bail Agents Outperform Automated Texts in Getting Defendants to Court Lately, there have been a lot of articles being written on the value of a simple text reminder in the criminal justice…
Do Charitable Bail Funds Even Understand What Surety Bonds Are? Why is the Bail Project Against Surety Bonds…Maybe They Don’t Understand Them Over the past several months, charitable bail funds and bail reform advocates have been inundating the media with articles and research that show…
Bail Reform Success Bail Reform Advocates Finally Have Proof That Bail Reform Works in One Jurisdiction…It is Commonly Known as FANTASYLAND! No matter how many times they say it, or how many times they write it, free release on cashless bail will NEVER be as…
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…
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 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…
