Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System by Henry F. Fradella, Christine S. Scott-Hayward

Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

Henry F. Fradella, Christine S. Scott-Hayward

312 pages • first pub 2019 (view editions)

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Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their freedom until trial. Punishing Poverty examines how the current system of pretrial rele...

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