President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a threat to ...

Those who find themselves at the mercy of New Jersey's courts may learn for the first time that they will not have a monetary bail set.

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 ...

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 ...

Being charged with a crime is probably not going to make your day. But the experience gets worse if you find yourself navigating the bail system. Those who are considered flight risks must usually put ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 25 that threatens to revoke federal funding from jurisdictions with cashless bail systems, such as Illinois. The order claims that when ...

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, ...