Jerry Watson, Chief Legal Officer for AIA, recently wrote a 4-part blog series on the failures of the Pretrial Justice Institute. Since then, Jerry has received many questions asking why the bail bond industry and The Pretrial Justice Institute cannot get along. Read Jerry’s blog to learn the answer.
Since the posting of the last blog in my recent series on how The Pretrial Justice Institute cannot justify their taxpayer-funded existence, I have had folks asking me why the two industries cannot get along somehow. I will try and answer that question here.
Over fifteen years ago, commercial bail arranged for a meeting with leaders from the pretrial service agencies domain to explore a peaceful co-existence where they would do the things they do best ( interview for special needs inmates and advise the court of those needs and then monitor each case to make sure that those needs are being met ) and we, at the same time, do the things that we do best ( assess for flight risk, underwrite the defendant’s bail accordingly and monitor for reappearances ), but alas; it was all for nothing. We were soundly rebuffed ( they wanted nothing to do with it ), and I still have the letter to prove it…
Read the full blog by clicking the link, Behind The Paper with Jerry Watson.
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