tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post1932772586683644509..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Pretrial detention leads to disparate justice, case outcomesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50195427270391442552013-09-20T17:52:49.125-05:002013-09-20T17:52:49.125-05:00In some counties, probation departments supervise ...In some counties, probation departments supervise pre-trial bond defendants and no monthly fee is paid. Just because the fee is statutory doesn't mean the fee is always ordered. And, the defendant should pay a fee. It is a fee for service. Probation Departments aren't given money by TDCJ-CJAD to operate Bond Services. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42751274934752819512013-09-17T17:21:13.695-05:002013-09-17T17:21:13.695-05:00@4:05, the amounts differ by order of magnitude. O...@4:05, the amounts differ by order of magnitude. On personal bonds I think they pay the county a $20 or so fee. Surety bonds charge 15% or so of the bond amount. <br /><br />Also, probationers must pay fees as part of their punishment. People released pretrial are presumed innocent. In counties where they do pretrial drug testing through the probation department it has created problems because there's no revenue stream to pay for the pretrial part.<br /><br />Alan, I'm afraid I can't answer that question. Contact the study authors. They may be able to offer an informed opinion.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33073772032738511482013-09-17T16:05:23.622-05:002013-09-17T16:05:23.622-05:00Whether it is private or county run bail bond prog...Whether it is private or county run bail bond program, aren't they all money driven? Don't you have to pay a probation department or the county if you are on a county pre-trial bond program? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44519327030172916652013-09-17T15:26:05.187-05:002013-09-17T15:26:05.187-05:00I get the intuitive correlation between financial ...I get the intuitive correlation between financial inability to bond out and financial inability to engage high-powered representation. But does this study suggest a causative relation, along this line?: "Defendant incarcerated awaiting trial may get credit for time served, so let's boost his sentence to ensure we net as much post-conviction time behind bars as a bonded-out defendant would have gotten."Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13279342334670441492013-09-17T10:47:25.962-05:002013-09-17T10:47:25.962-05:00I've said it before and I'll say it again ...I've said it before and I'll say it again - the bail bonds system is set up to make money for the bondsmen (who donate to the campaigns of the sheriffs and judges) and the counties. It has very little to do with public safety or criminal justice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68789474487088369592013-09-17T09:23:42.019-05:002013-09-17T09:23:42.019-05:00better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocen...better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocentLeenoreply@blogger.com