Cash Bail

Criminal Justice Problems, Law Enforcement, Military, and Security

~ How Does Bail Work And Is It Unfair To The Poor? – Youtube

~ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – Bail – YouTube

~ The Truth About Bail- It Doesn’t Work – YouTube

~ Trapped- Cash Bail In America – YouTube

~ Bail-Bond System Exploits the Poor and Undermines Justice, ACLU Says – NBC News

~ Bail Burden Keeps U.S. Jails Stuffed With Inmates – NPR

~ Bail companies in California have conspired to keep premiums high, lawsuit alleges – Los Angeles Times

~ California’s Bail System Is ‘Unsafe And Unfair,’ Study Finds – NPR

~ Detaining the Poor- How money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail time – Rosenberg Foundation

~ Does America’s bail system unfairly target the poor? – State of Opportunity

~ Federal appeals court agrees that Dallas County’s bail system denied poor defendants equal rights

~ Federal judge- Harris Co. bail system unfair to poor, low-level defendants

~ Inside the Wild, Shadowy, and Highly Lucrative Bail Industry – Mother Jones

~ Is the U.S. bail system unfair? – CBS News

~ Is the U.S. Bail System Fair? – KQED

~ Justice Department Says Poor Can’t Be Held When They Can’t Afford Bail – NBC News

~ LIBERTY AND JUSTICE: PRETRIAL PRACTICES IN TEXAS  March 2017  – REPORT PDF

~ The Bail Trap – Brave New Films

~ The Price of Freedom: Bail and Pretrial Detention of Low Income Nonfelony Defendants in New York City – Human Rights Watch PDF

~ America’s bail system- one law for the rich, another for poor – Law – The Guardian

~ America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail – The Nation

~ Bail roulette- how the same minor crime can cost $250 or $10,000 – US news – The Guardian

~ Chief Justice Workgroup- Money Bail is “Unsafe and Unfair” – California Courts Newsroom

~ How Cash Bail Works – Brennan Center for Justice

~ Lippman, New York’s Chief Judge, Seeks to Overhaul Bail Process – The New York Times

~ The bail system is just unfair to the poor – New York Post

~ The Bail Trap – The New York Times

~ The History of Cash Bail – The Heritage Foundation

~ The Immorality of America’s Bail System – The Root

~ The Truth About Bail- It Doesn’t Work – American Civil Liberties Union

~ The US bail system punishes the poor and rewards the rich – Quartz

~ What Happens if You’re Too Poor to Pay Bail- – The Nation

~ When Bail Feels Less Like Freedom, More Like Extortion – The New York Times