Indeed, pretrial incarceration of more than 23 hours, which is often the result of unaffordable cash bail, has been tied to a “consistent and statistically significant increase in the likelihood ...

Many of New Jersey’s county executives say they are struggling to comply with rules meant to overhaul the bail system and that the new regulations amount to an unfunded mandate that may require ...

That change is spurring debate and concern about what the pretrial process will look like and what impact it will have on public safety in Illinois, with rhetoric heating up as elections approach.

In 2019, our state leaders set out to create a more equitable system, overhauling key components of the pretrial process, including bail, evidence sharing, pretrial services and noncustodial arrests.

A federal judge made the comments as he considered requests to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the court’s bond review process and the county’s pretrial release program ...