The defund movement damaged more than police budgets. It weakened accountability, discouraged officers, empowered non-prosecution policies, and left high-crime neighborhoods paying the price. By Michael D. Morrison Public safety in America works like a single chain with three links. Police make the arrest. Courts secure the defendant'
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The Vera Institute's summary of its national survey on earned-time and good-time policies presents itself as research, but the document's own language gives the game away. It is published under Vera's "Ending Mass Incarceration" initiative. Its overview flatly declares the
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Leadership, Psychology, and a Fresh Perspective on America's Future Every so often I come across a book that deserves to be shared, not because I agree with every word the author writes, but because it encourages readers to think more deeply about the issues facing our country. America:
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As Americans gather to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend, we'd love to hear how you're spending it. Are you on call helping your community? Enjoying a backyard cookout with family and friends? Taking a well-earned vacation? Watching fireworks with the kids? Wherever this Independence
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It is a simple matter of survival: you cannot insure a risk that you are not allowed to manage. Bail agents are leaving certain counties because some local practices have transformed the bail bond from a guarantee of a defendant’s appearance in court into a guarantee of the defendant’
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Host Shane Rolf and guest Mike Morrison, President of the Mississippi Bail Agents Association and owner of Mike Morrison Bail Bonding. Mr. Morrison discusses the challenges and inconsistencies bail agents face across different counties and states. He shares how Mississippi is working to modernize education, update outdated statutes and bring
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Why the Fight Over Surety Bail Is Really a Fight Over Accountability During the Professional Bail Agents of the United States (PBUS) Winter Conference, Mike Morrison introduced a term that captures a growing national trend affecting the bail profession: the “Anti-Surety Movement.” That moment was important because it gave
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Updated and expanded — July 2026 A look at the compensation, funding, and organizational ties behind the movement to abolish professional bail — and what its own IRS filings, corporate marketing, and contract records show. A cottage industry has grown up around the idea that professional bail is cruel, unnecessary, and worth
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What happens after the arrest may matter more than the arrest itself. Over the past several days, Mississippi has once again found itself reading headline after headline about violent crime. A horrific triple homicide in Jackson claimed the lives of two young women and a two-year-old child. Along
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Bail Reform Was Never About Public Safety Bail reform was never about public safety. It was never about improving outcomes in real courtrooms, real communities, or for real victims. It was an ideological experiment cooked up in classrooms and think tanks, then rammed into law with zero regard for the
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Thomas Paine was an English-born political writer and revolutionary thinker who played a major role in inspiring American independence. His 1776 pamphlet Common Sense made a clear, persuasive case for breaking away from British rule and helped turn public opinion toward revolution. There is a mistake that shows up
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Bail Agents: You’ve Got Serious “Bail Agent Energy” in Common with John Adams If you want to understand the role of a bail agent in its proper historical context, you do not need to look at modern policy debates or media narratives. You can return to the very foundations