NEW YORK — In 2017, around 33,000 criminal defendants in New York couldn’t post bail at their initial hearing. They went straight from a courthouse to jail simply because they were poor. The New York ...

We often talk about suspects who are arrested bonding out of jail. But what exactly does that mean and how does it affect the men and woman who work in the bail bond industry? With the recent arrest ...

If you're wondering how bond vs. bail differs because you have a loved one currently in jail, the answer is that a bond refers to an agreement between a bondsman and a defendant (or their family) to ...

Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe. A year ago, Illinois made headlines as the first state to ...

The New York government could pass its own bill as soon as this spring.Advocates for criminal justice reform say that ending the bail system would help curb mass incarceration. Abolishing bail, ...