Posted on 08/02/2017 10:09:45 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
End money bail to transform the lives of women and families across the nation
By Gina Clayton, Opinion Contributor - 08/02/17 12:00 PM EDT
When Le’Char's brother was arrested, her mother was forced to put up the family home as collateral to pay his bail. “The bail bondsman became the co-owner of everything my family worked hard for,” Le’Char says. “We are forever in debt because of it.”
Women with incarcerated loved ones know the predatory bail system in and out. When we get that phone call that someone is inside, we put up our houses, we dive into savings, and stumble into debt to bring our family home. Meanwhile, the bail industry takes billions in profits from our communities. That’s why, in California and around the country, women with incarcerated loved ones are leading the fight to end money bail once and for all.
We applaud Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) for joining the growing national movement to end money bail by prioritizing this issue and introducing the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017. If passed, the bipartisan bill would authorize $10 million over three years to encourage states to replace or reform the practice of the unjust, costly money bail system. The passage of this law would be historic, helping reshape how bail works in every state and community.
Ending money bail is a crucial step to transforming our unjust justice system. Our society’s over-reliance on prisons and punishment instead of real community prosperity and safety harms us all. We have long known that the money bail system is broken and corrupt. An encounter with bail or the bail industry is one of the first steps on the path in a larger system of mass incarceration that has devastated our communities--including women with incarcerated loved ones.
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“Predatory bail”? LOL.
Here’s an idea, stop committing crimes..........
Bail could be replaced with an electronic monitoring device (worn around the neck) that contains explosives and can be detonated remotely if the perp skips.
Beat me to it.
Fixed it.
We applaud Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)
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Friend of criminals everywhere and the next ineligible Democrat candidate for President.
How he sposed to get his money?
I’m confused. There is no requirement to pay bail. It’s an option. How does removing the option help?
First error right there: no one is "forced" to bail out the family screw-up. Let me say for the record that if any member of my family got arrested and the evidence was damning enough that bail was required, they would likely have to stay in jail till the trial.
That makes sense.
Bailing out your “Bad Boy”: More proof that bad love is better than no love at all...
No kidding.
No she wasn't, she made a choice...(and let me guess, La'Char ain't Amish...)
“When Le’Char’s brother was arrested, her mother was forced to put up the family home as collateral to pay his bail.”
Forced??? You mean the bail bondsman came to her house and pulled a gun on her and ordered her to put up her family home or he would shoot her?
Happened to a co-worker of mine, but she wasn't playing that game. She told her son, "You got yourself into this mess, you get yourself out!"...................
Bing!!!
Is this real? Not satire?
Nobody is “forced” to put up bail, they pay bail to get out of jail and ensure they return for their trial at a later date.
I remember a movie that played on cable years ago where several people had explosive collars locked around their necks and if one got past a certain distance from the others, his collar would detonate. A good part of the film was devoted, naturally, to how they could remove their collars safely.
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