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The [F]law: Commercial Bail Bonds in America

August 29, 2022

Riley Evans uncovers how the commercial bail bonds industry produces human suffering in pursuit of corporate greed. It’s a story of a saloon in San Francisco and a multi-national insurer in Tokyo. It’s a story of campaign donations, complicit judges and captured regulators. It’s a story of families extorted and locked in debt. Read Evans’s revealing article on The [F]law

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In Categories: Blog Capture Corporate Power Criminal Justice The [F]law
In Tags: capitalism corporate power incarceration Mass Incarceration
In Subject Areas: Criminal Legal System Data & Technology Politics & Democracy Racial Justice
In Content Types: Student Papers
In Intersections: Racial Justice Wealth / Income Justice

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