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…
