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Pretrial Detention

The System October 28, 2020
The Ins and Outs of Bail
A tool that is supposed to ensure that people make their court dates has become another avenue for class and race inequities.
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Prisoners at the Cook County Jail cast their votes in the Illinois primary election after a polling place in the facility was opened for early voting in early March of this year in Chicago.
Coronavirus April 24, 2020
The 470,000 Potential Voters Most Likely To Be Disenfranchised Next Election
Voting rights for people in jail is becoming another casualty of COVID-19.
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Concerns about racial bias have dogged risk assessments almost since their inception.
News July 1, 2019
Can Racist Algorithms Be Fixed?
A new study adds to the debate over racial bias in risk assessment tools widely used in courtrooms.
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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to end bail on Tuesday in Sacramento, Calif. The bill makes California the first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial.
Analysis August 30, 2018
So Much for The Great California Bail Celebration
The first state to abolish cash bail. Why are proponents so unhappy?
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A bail bonds business is shown near Brooklyn’s courthouse complex and jail in New York, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
News July 8, 2015
Stung by Abuses at Rikers, New York City Acts on Bail Reform
But the new program would not have helped Kalief Browder.
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Commentary June 9, 2015
Fixing the Jail Where Kalief Browder was Held
Former corrections chief Martin Horn has some ideas for Rikers Island.
By Martin F. Horn
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