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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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.

The average bail amount defendants with violent charges are being assessed when they are booked at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center at 201 Poplar has increased since the system swapped over ...

A new bill in the Washington State Legislature aims to bring more accountability to the bail system, requiring judges to explain their decisions when releasing suspects on bail. House Bill 1252, ...