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Bail Reform

Reformers argue pretrial detention based on money bail or low-level charges destabilizes lives and coerces guilty pleas from people who are not convicted.

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What are the policy arguments and cost estimates for using alternatives to detention for people without criminal convictions?

for people without criminal convictions—such as supervised release, diversion, and —are promoted as fairer, safer, and cheaper than holding people in jail; advocates argue they reduce coerced pleas an...