Bail Education: Working with Bail Bondsmen Across the Country
AIA Insight – June 2016 Over the past few weeks, the AIA team has been extremely busy talking with bail agents across the country. AIA’s Vice President of Corporate Communications, Eric Granof, has been at both the South Carolina Bail Agents Association and the Oklahoma…
Bail Reform Contradictions: Money Good…Money Bad
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH BRIAN NAIRIN: Just when I thought that nothing could shock me anymore and that I had heard every ridiculous and ineffective public sector idea as it pertains to criminal justice reform, I was once again proven wrong. Somehow, those that support…
Bail Reform: Innocence for the Poor, Guilt for the Rich
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH BRIAN NAIRIN: As I read another senseless article this week written by an advocate for public sector pretrial release programs, I couldn’t help but notice a pretty big contradiction in their social justice narrative. The author made the statement that jails…
Bail Bond Agents: The Professional and the Philanthropic
When most people think of a bail bondsman, they don’t picture a mother, and grandmother, who owns her own bail business and also has a charity that supports teen moms. What about a retired sheriff or a former teacher? The bail industry is full of…
The One Thing Missing From the Bail Reform Debate: The Truth
Behind the Paper with Brian Nairin Last week, I watched a judicial hearing in Connecticut. It was in regards to proposed legislation that will mandate the use of 10% deposit bail in the state. As I watched the various testimonies from those who were showing…
AIA’s Eric Granof Wins PBUS Individual of the Year Award
The AIA team would like to congratulate our Vice President of Corporate Communications and Chief Marketing Officer, Eric Granof, for winning the PBUS Individual of the Year award. In his over 10 years of working with the bail bond industry, Eric has committed himself to…
Misguided Social Justice: DOJ Misses the Mark on Victim Advocacy
Earlier this week the United States Department of Justice issued a letter to State and County Courts across the country. In this letter, the DOJ lays out what they refer to as 7 constitutional principles to protect individual’s rights as they relate to the enforcement…
Bail Reform: Does Anyone Care What the Public Wants?
A little over a month ago, I wrote a blog about an online poll conducted in Delaware. The poll was asking the public should the state end its cash bail system. Maybe surprising to bail reform proponents, but not to anyone in the bail industry,…
American Bail Coalition Statement on Latest Equal Justice Lawsuit in Sacramento
Last week the American Bail Coalition posted a statement on the latest lawsuit filed by the pretrial activist group Equal Justice Under Law. This time the group filed the lawsuit in California’s state capital, Sacramento. Unlike the previous lawsuit filed in San Francisco, this lawsuit names…
Bail Agents Show Solidarity in San Francisco – Update on Buffin v. San Francisco
Below is a statement from Jeff Clayton, Policy Director for the American Bail Coalition, on the latest results of the US District Court hearing on Buffin v. San Francisco. January 26, 2016 Statement on Motions Hearing, Buffin Today, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the United…