OUR BAIL BOND SYSTEM IS BROKEN
OUR BAIL BOND SYSTEM IS BROKEN: Throwing out an idea for our little community. The more I research the bond system, the more I realize how absolutely broken and unjust it is. •Did you know that America is one of the few industrialized nations with a For-Profit Bail Bond system? It is outlawed in most the rest of the world. •Did you also know that most legal institutions in America, the American Bar Association and the National District Attorneys Association, is against our current bond system. Why? One simple reason: it absolutely discriminates against the poor Here is what happens as I understand it. Someone is taken to jail to await trial for a suspected crime - innocent until proven guilty. If they are unable to make bail because they can't afford it, they sit in jail for months waiting for trial because the system is so backlogged. During this time they run the risk of losing custody of their children, their homes or apts, their jobs, their transportation. Poor folks run the ri...