On Sept. 18, Illinois will become the first in the nation to end the use of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release - a move proponents say will keep the poor from unfairly languishing behind ...

In December, JaCari Letchaw’s dog wandered to a neighbor’s house, where it gave birth to puppies. Letchaw says when she tried to retrieve her dog and the puppies, a dispute broke out over who was the ...

To require cash bail is to criminalize poverty. That’s the kind of bogus claim you’d expect to hear from an overzealous criminal defense lawyer. To hear it, instead, from a prosecutor is quite ...

In America, you’re innocent until proven guilty. However, even if someone is not guilty, they may still have to stay in jail until their court date. By going to a bail bond organization for assistance ...

CENTER. TWO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE TEAMING UP TO HELP ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING AT LOUISVILLE METRO CORRECTIONS AND ADDRESS DISPARITIESN I THE CASH BAIL SYSTEM. IT COMES A STATES LIKE ILLINOIS ARE ...

Bail reform, which took effect in New York in 2020, limits when judges can set cash bail. As a result, many people are ...

In many states, including here in Tennessee, an obstacle often stands in the way of equality and justice: cash bail. Cash bail is a practice that requires individuals charged with, but not yet ...

For all the death, misery and havoc that COVID-19 inflicted during its first three years, the pandemic did bring one short-lived benefit to the criminal justice system, at least in Los Angeles County.

Republicans in Congress want to end cashless bail in D.C. and hold more suspects in jail before trial. Watchdogs say it could push the jail system to the brink.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — A city fed up.

New Hampshire lawmakers are setting aside $1 million in the state budget to track pretrial releases of criminal offenders under the state's bail system.The tracking system is intended to inform police ...