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Pages: 331
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Examines the causes for mass incarceration of Americans and calls for the reform of the bail system. Traces the history of bail, how it has come to be an oppres
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Pages: 120
Authors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Categories: Arrest
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher:

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Key recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Pretrial detention in California -- II. Bail leads to jailing people who are not guilty -- III. Bail
They Can't Take Your Name
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Pages: 305
Authors: Robert Justice
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Laced with atmospheric poetry and literature and set in the heart of Denver's black community, this gripping crime novel pits three characters in a race against
Punishing Poverty
Language: en
Pages: 309
Authors: Christine S. Scott-Hayward
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-24 - Publisher: University of California Press

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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
Incarceration without Conviction
Language: en
Pages: 114
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Categories: Social Science
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Incarceration Without Conviction addresses an understudied fairness flaw in the criminal justice system. On any given day, approximately 500,000 Americans are i