Federal court should make felony bail equitable in Harris County, lawyers say
Advocates argue that thousands of inmates are simply at the jail because of a dysfunctional and unfair bail system, leading to overcrowding and harming the lives that detainees had before they were jailed.
Another inmate, a 68-year-old homeless veteran, spent a year in jail unable to pay a $5,000 bail. Once he got to trial, he received a sentence half that of the time he’d already spent in jail and was released.
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