Beyond Bail
Controversial algorithms help decide who stays in jail before trial
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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.
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Debate rages over whether pretrial risk assessments are racially biased
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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.
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Q & A: Risk assessments explained
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Questions and answers about pretrial risk assessments and their role in the criminal justice system.
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Poor stay in jail while rich go free: Rethinking cash bail in Wisconsin
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Across the country, poor defendants can spend days, weeks — even years — behind bars awaiting trial, an approach that judges increasingly find is unconstitutional.
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Bail bond industry fights back against moves to limit or end cash bail
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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.
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Nonprofit bail funds help poor gain freedom nationally and in Wisconsin
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Nonprofits fill in the gap for defendants who cannot afford to bail themselves out of jail before their trials
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Beyond Bail: Key terms explained
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A glossary of terms used in the Center’s Beyond Bail series.