Beyond Bail
Poor stay in jail while rich go free: Rethinking cash bail in Wisconsin
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Across the country, poor defendants can spend days, weeks — even years — behind bars awaiting trial, an approach that judges increasingly find is unconstitutional.
Beyond Bail
Bail bond industry fights back against moves to limit or end cash bail
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Wisconsin is one of just a handful of states that ban bail bonding, barring companies from profiting from people too poor to pay their way out of jail.
Beyond Bail
Nonprofit bail funds help poor gain freedom nationally and in Wisconsin
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Nonprofits fill in the gap for defendants who cannot afford to bail themselves out of jail before their trials