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Where Does the Right to Bail Come From?

Most Americans have heard the words "excessive bail shall not be required," but far fewer have stopped to ask why those words were placed in the Bill of Rights. They were not written to make the criminal justice system more convenient, and they were not written for the

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250 Years of Supporting the Constitution

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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Mental Health and the Bail Profession: A Responsibility We Can No Longer Ignore

The Missing Factor in Risk Assessment and Enforcement Decisions The bail profession has always been grounded in accountability, but anyone who has spent real time in this business understands that accountability is only part of the equation. What we deal with every day is human behavior — unpredictable, inconsistent, and often

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Abstract Ideology vs. Measurable Public Safety Results

When Criminal Justice Theory Collides With Real-World Consequences The narrative driving modern criminal justice reform in America is not a grassroots movement. It is a top-down, highly coordinated campaign engineered by a specific network of well-funded special interests. At the intellectual spearhead of this movement stands the

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The MBAA Education Initiative: How Mississippi Bail Agents Hit the Road and Started Changing Minds

How one association traded lobbying for listening — and changed how Mississippi understands bail. For years, a quiet knowledge gap sat in courtrooms, sheriff’s offices, and city halls across Mississippi. Most folks — judges, sheriffs, clerks, mayors, and policymakers — knew what a bail bond was in the dictionary sense. But the

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Surety Bail Was Always the Answer. Bail Reform Spent a Decade Attacking It — and Hinds County Is the Result

For nearly ten years, an organized movement told Mississippi that secured bail was the enemy of justice. They got much of what they wanted. Now a federal receiver runs the Hinds County jail, hundreds sit inside without an indictment, and the county is shipping the overflow out of county at

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Public Safety in Mississippi: We Need to Talk About What Happens After the Arrest

Arrests grab the headlines, but real accountability begins — or disappears — after the suspect enters the courtroom. It’s time Mississippi demands transparency on what actually happens in our criminal justice system. For months, Mississippi has been flooded with headlines of homicides, shootings, aggravated assaults, and robberies. This past week was