BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF I know that it has been a while since my last blog post, but to be honest, I have been struggling with what to write about. This whole bail reform movement has got me so confused and frustrated that…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF August 20, 2018 will in my memory be forever known as the most dangerous day in America. And the amazing thing about that is that 99.9% of people in this country have no idea why. On this day, in…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF It is a Wednesday morning and I just finished reading another report, this time from Los Angeles County, providing bail reform recommendations to the LA County Supervisors. As usual, the report was full of the typical bail reform talking…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF I was speaking with a good friend last week on the phone and, as usual, our conversation turned to bail reform. It is sad that happens, but when you are in my line of work, inevitably all conversations seem…
This past week, I was sent a YouTube video from one of our agents. The video was titled, “The Bail Bonds Industry is Horrible.” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGKmXpEP1pc&sns=em). The video consisted of an interview with one of Equal Justice Under Law’s founders, Alec Karakatsanis. In the video, Mr.…
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…
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,…
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…
