How Cash Bail Disenfranchises People Of Color And Makes Our Criminal Justice System Inherently Unjust
was arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack, his bail was set at $3,000. Stealing a backpack is not a violent offense. The public would not be at risk if he was at home with his family awaiting trial. However, the bail was set and he ended up stuck in jail for 3 years without a trial. He later died by suicide.To make matters worse, those who are stuck in jail before their trial end up having worse outcomes than those who are allowed to go home.
If you can afford to put up your bail money as collateral on your own, you will get that money back after you show up for your court dates. However, when you hire a bail bondsman, you have to pay 10 percent of your bail amount as a fee and you will never get that money back. And more often than not, the bail bond company doesn’t have to pay the rest of the money due for bail. So they are taking 10 percent as a fee and rarely putting up the rest of the money.
This industry is rich and powerful. They don’t want things to change, and they will lobby to make sure that’s the case.According to Hubbard, there are lots of other options available that ensure that people will show up to court, without keeping them locked up or requiring bail money up front.These agencies provides the court with defendant background information so that they may make more informed and appropriate release and bond decisions.
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