jail Archives - Barbara Brosher https://www.barbarabrosher.com/work/tag/jail/ Sun, 19 Aug 2018 01:23:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Is Indiana Moving Away From Monetary Bail? https://www.barbarabrosher.com/work/2017/09/28/is-indiana-moving-away-from-monetary-bail/ https://www.barbarabrosher.com/work/2017/09/28/is-indiana-moving-away-from-monetary-bail/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2017 01:23:20 +0000 http://www.barbarabrosher.com/?p=543 The Indiana Supreme Court wants counties to move away from the practice of holding people in jail unless they have the ability to post bail.

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Most people facing criminal charges in Indiana can await their trials outside of jail – if they have the ability to post bail. Indiana’s Constitution defines bail as monetary, but a state Supreme Court rule will move away from that longstanding practice and allow counties to release some people without requiring a bail payment.

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