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 ...

After someone is arrested in Texas, a judge sets bail, an agreement meant to ensure they show up to court and follow the rules of their release. But how does it work? After someone is arrested in ...

President Donald Trump is targeting cashless bail in a pair of executive orders issued on Monday. One of the orders is aimed at ending the practice of cashless bail nationwide. It directs Attorney ...

Procaccianti has been a bail bondsman in RI since 1987 He was ordered into court over an incident with a bail paid in Pawtucket A warning was sent to all bail bondsman in RI reminding them of proper ...

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, ...