In a recently released report, Pretrial
Release in California, the Public Policy Institute of
California (PPIC) uses newly accessible data to examine pretrial
release in California. Currently state policy makers are
reforming California’s bail system by introducing legislation
from Assembly Member Rob Bonta (AB 42) and Senator Bob Hertzberg
(SB 10). The goal of these legislative measures is to reform the
current money bail system and replace the current pretrial
process.
This report utilizes data collected from 11 counties between 2011
and 2015 examining pretrial processing and release opportunities;
types of pretrial release; pretrial release before and after
Proposition 47 and factors related to pretrial release such as
demographics, offenses and booking status. For additional
information and a copy of the report, please click here.
In addition to the PPIC report on pretrial release, the
California Budget and Policy Center released a blog,
Legislature Aims to Transform California’s Outdated,
Show-Me-the-Money Bail System that briefly outlines the
perceived flaws of the current bail system and discusses the bail
reform legislation AB 42 and SB 10. To read the blog in its
entirety, please click
here.
