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Beyond Bail

Controversial algorithms help decide who stays in jail before trial

By Emily Hamer (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | February 17, 2019

Some Wisconsin counties use risk assessment tools to predict who will skip out on court or commit new crimes; critics say there are better ways to cut incarceration.

Beyond Bail

Debate rages over whether pretrial risk assessments are racially biased

By Emily Hamer (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | February 17, 2019

Some researchers say there is not enough evidence to know whether pretrial risk assessment tools will reduce or exacerbate discrimination that already exists in the justice system.

Beyond Bail

Q & A: Risk assessments explained

By Emily Hamer (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | February 17, 2019

Questions and answers about pretrial risk assessments and their role in the criminal justice system.

Beyond Bail

Poor stay in jail while rich go free: Rethinking cash bail in Wisconsin

By Emily Hamer (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) and Sheila Terman Cohen | January 20, 2019

Across the country, poor defendants can spend days, weeks — even years — behind bars awaiting trial, an approach that judges increasingly find is unconstitutional.

Beyond Bail

Bail bond industry fights back against moves to limit or end cash bail

By Sheila Terman Cohen | January 20, 2019

Wisconsin is one of just a handful of states that ban bail bonding, barring companies from profiting from people too poor to pay their way out of jail.

Beyond Bail

Nonprofit bail funds help poor gain freedom nationally and in Wisconsin

By Emily Hamer (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) and Sheila Terman Cohen | January 20, 2019

Nonprofits fill in the gap for defendants who cannot afford to bail themselves out of jail before their trials

Beyond Bail

Beyond Bail: Key terms explained

By Emily Hamer (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | January 20, 2019

A glossary of terms used in the Center’s Beyond Bail series.

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