{"id":12604,"date":"2025-10-28T14:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/?p=12604"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:03:22","slug":"understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda (Part 2 of 4):<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Bail Project Tulsa, Oklahoma Study<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2.jpg\" alt=\"Bail Reform Research\" width=\"386\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As we close out October and head into November, \u201cCashless Bail\u201d is still making headlines across the country. Ever since President Trump&#8217;s August 25th executive order, bail reform has been put front and center as a leading topic and issue in the criminal justice discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The ball is now in the Department of Justice\u2019s court to develop an approach for addressing jurisdictions that utilize cashless bail as part of their soft on crime policies; we must remain steadfast and vigilant as we wait to see what happens. In the meantime, the bail reform movement continues to chug along, pumping out more research and propaganda. Below is our review of the next research study in our Bail Reform Research and Propaganda series.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bailproject.org\/learn\/the-false-promise-of-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The False Promise of Bail<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>An Analysis of Pretrial Release Mechanisms and Court Appearance in Tulsa County, Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Bail Project &#8211; June 10, 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bailproject.org\/learn\/the-false-promise-of-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-logo.png\" alt=\"the bail project logo\" width=\"214\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a>The next bail reform research study we are reviewing is currently circulating on social media and other online media sources. This study is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma by<a href=\"https:\/\/bailproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/The-False-Promise-of-Bail-The-Bail-Project.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Bail Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As most people know, anything published by The Bail Project can hardly be considered objective or fair. The Bail Project is the center point of a large bail-funded network across the country which has chapters in most states. They are a progressive anti-bail organization whose sole mission isn\u2019t to improve public safety and the quality of life in our communities, but rather, to eliminate the use of secured bail throughout our criminal justice system. This translates into the wholesale free release of criminals into our streets with no accountability. To try and take any research produced by this organization as truthful and honest is a stretch. But to be fair, we will go through their study anyway and try to see if there is any merit to their findings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The study\u2019s objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To debunk the myth that secured bail encourages defendants to return to court at better rates than those that are released for free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The study\u2019s methodology:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looked at 3,320 arrested individuals detained pretrial between June 12, 2020, and June 11, 2021, and whose cases were resolved by December 19, 2022<\/li>\n<li>Only included individuals arrested for a new alleged offense (i.e., not arrested for violating conditions of pretrial release or probation) within the one-year period, and whose bail amount did not exceed $15,000<\/li>\n<li>Assessed 5 types of mechanisms: Bail posted by individual, Bail posted by agent, bail posted by The Bail Project, Pretrial Services, and ROR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0The study\u2019s findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those released on secured bail (money) posted by a bail agent showed up for court 74% of the time<\/li>\n<li>Those released on bail (money) paid by another individual showed up for court 69% of the time<\/li>\n<li>Those released on bail paid by The Bail Project with no financial obligation showed up for court 78% of the time<\/li>\n<li>Those released on their own recognizance showed up for court 69% of the time.<\/li>\n<li>Overall, the study found that <strong>money bail was not responsible for better rates of court appearances.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-example-271x300.png\" alt=\"the bail project example\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-example-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-example.png 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>To be honest, these results are not surprising. What is surprising is that The Bail Project expects anyone to believe them. How are we supposed to believe that bail posted in \u201ccash\u201d by The Bail Project, who has no responsibility for ensuring the defendant shows up for court, has better results than bail being posted by a professionally licensed bail agent who is financially responsible for that defendant showing up for court? That doesn\u2019t even come close to passing the smell test and is comical at best. Especially since every other legitimate third-party study ever done shows the complete opposite. But let\u2019s go ahead and continue going through the study.<\/p>\n<p>As we mentioned in our <a href=\"\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-1\/\">previous article on The Brennan Center report<\/a>, sometimes finding the faults in these questionable studies comes down to simply reading them. Below are some of the key deficiencies and questions that came out of our review of the report.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The study was not the product of rigorously matched comparison groups nor statistical analyses comparing differences among subgroups that rise to the level of statistical analysis. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are conducting research comparing one form of release to another, wouldn\u2019t it make sense to ensure that your research is statistically relevant? Especially since you are making claims that your research is \u201cproof\u201d that secured bail doesn\u2019t work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The study was not designed to allow for \u201capples-to-apples\u201d comparisons among subgroups, instead it focused on trends and patterns within groups<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Once again, if your doing research to compare pretrial release mechanisms to one another, you should be doing an \u201capples to apples\u201d comparison. Otherwise, your research would be flawed. The report even goes on to say that even though the comparison isn\u2019t truly equal, the findings are good enough to \u201cstrongly suggest\u201d that secured bail is not more effective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Required court appearances were captured using qualitative text analysis of court docket information, resulting in <em>possible data limitations<\/em> in extracting all required court appearances<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>As we mentioned previously, sometimes all you must do is read the report and you will see its deficiencies. It says in the report that the data they used was limited and qualitative in nature. It is hard to use qualitative data in a report that claims quantitative differences between different forms of release. The Bail Project seems to be identifying the report\u2019s own limitations, but telling us that it doesn\u2019t matter, and their conclusion must be taken as fact. We are pretty sure that\u2019s not how research is supposed to go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instead of calculating the percentage of individuals who attended all appearances, they calculated the percentage of appearances attended by individuals.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The statistic that is most important in any study assessing pretrial release effectiveness is the \u201cFailure to Appear\u201d number. The purpose of bail is to ensure appearance. Knowing if a particular release mechanism can incentivize individuals to appear is extremely important. So how you calculate FTAs is important too. All defendants must go to ALL court appearances to have a 100% appearance rate\u2026or 0% FTA rate. If a defendant makes it to 9 out of 10 court appearances and misses one, that is a 100% FTA rate. However, The Bail Project calculates it a little differently. According to this report, they felt the correct FTA calculation was unfair. So instead, they decided to use a % of appearance approach. So now, if a defendant goes to 9 out of 10 court dates that is a 90% appearance rate (a 10% FTA rate). This is how they were able to create the perception of effectiveness and how they try and make the claim that secured bail is not effective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The study was funded by the Oklahoma Justice Fund<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding who funds the research is key in truly understanding the objectivity of the research. The Oklahoma Justice Fund is a progressive organization committed to reducing jail populations. Hardly an objective party in this debate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The usual group of progressive anti-bail organizations and media outlets are all cited in the study.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Just as was done in The Brennan Center report, the citations utilized in this research are the same who\u2019s who of anti-bail groups, including, but not limited to, the Vera Institute, the MacArthur Foundation, Prison Policy Institute and The Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, to name a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lastly, the one thing that truly stood out in this research was something that The Bail Project didn\u2019t really call out in their findings. As part of the study, they put together the following chart showing various sample sizes for each audience and demographic breakdowns. Included on the chart was \u201cDays Detained\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If you look at the data closely, you can see that the number of days that someone sits in jail prior to being released on a secured bond posted by a bail agent is 4 days. The number of days that someone sits in jail prior to being released on a bond posted by The Bail Project is 12 days. Without even realizing it, The Bail Project just let the world know that people wait in jail 3x longer when they bail someone out\u2026 and we all know how devastating that can be. The Bail Project tells us all the time and even puts it on their website:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Even one night of pretrial incarceration can be devastating: people lose their jobs, homes, and health. Their family members suffer. Approximately one third of sexual victimization involving jail staff happens in the first 24 hours in custody, and roughly 40% of jail deaths occur within the first week behind bars.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maybe The Bail Project needs to start looking at itself as being someone harming those in pretrial. See the chart below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-example-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12607 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-example-1.png\" alt=\"the bail project example\" width=\"479\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-example-1.png 585w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-bail-project-example-1-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, this report from The Bail Project follows the same mold as many of the other research reports that come from bail reform proponents. It appears to be more propaganda than fact. It makes the bold claim that secured bail isn\u2019t as effective as free release and then supports that statement with research that is extremely limited and, in our opinion, biased. One doesn\u2019t need a PhD or advanced degree to use common sense when it comes to this topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Letting criminal defendants out of jail pretrial for free is not something that makes our communities safer. It is not something that ensures a defendant\u2019s appearance at all court appearances and it is not something that should ever be pushed on our criminal justice system.<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\" row\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3>Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda Series<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <div class=\"vc_empty_space\"  style=\"height: 32px\" ><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\" row\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image  vc_align_left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part1.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"propaganda\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-9 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Brennan Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Brennan Center for Justice\u2019s \u201cBail Reform and Public Safety: Evidence from 33 Cities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This study was released last August and has been one of the studies that has been getting the most attention.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\" row\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image  vc_align_left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"propaganda\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/propaganda-part2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-9 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Bail Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tulsa, Oklahoma Study<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The next bail reform research study we are reviewing is currently circulating on social media and other online media sources. This study is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma by The Bail Project<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\" row\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image  vc_align_left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-3\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part3.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"propaganda part 3\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-9 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Harvard Kennedy School Report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Harvard Kennedy School \u2013 December 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The next study we are going to review is from Harvard\u2019s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The study was released in December 2021 and, much like the previous two studies we have reviewed, is focused on trying to disprove the concept that bail reform policies have increased crime in our communities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\" row\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image  vc_align_left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-4\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part4.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"propaganda part 4\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/propaganda-part4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-9 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Harry Frank Guggenheim <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime &#8211; January 2023<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our last study in our Bail Research series is from the Harry Frank Guggenheim organization. As you will see, the pattern stays the same with this study. The same findings that bail reform has not increased crime, the same citations, the same sources, and the same self-cited limitations and deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\" row\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image  vc_align_left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-5\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/propaganda-part5.jpg\" class=\" vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"propaganda\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/propaganda-part5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/propaganda-part5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/propaganda-part5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/propaganda-part5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-9 wpb_column vc_column_container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Does Bail Reform Increase Crime? An Empirical Assessment of the Public Safety Implications of Bail Reform in Cook County, Illinois<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Paul G. Cassell &amp; Richard Fowles, University of Utah<br \/>\nFebrurary 2020<\/p>\n<p>This next\u00a0study\u00a0examines the outcome of the Bail Reform Act of 2017 passing in Illinois. This piece of legislation eliminated the use of any sort of financially secured pretrial release from the state of Illinois. In other words, the only options available to anyone who is arrested are now 1. free taxpayer funded release or 2. no release (detention). Neither of which are good nor effective options.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, \u201cCashless Bail\u201d is still making headlines across the country. 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