JAIL POPULATION AND HELP
PEOPLE FROM BEING LOCKED UP
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T APPORD TO
PAY THEIR BAIL. WE SPOKE WITH
THE THE COUNTY WHO HOPES THIS
PROGRAM WILL DO A LOT OF GOOD.
THE NEW PROGRAM PLANS TO GIVE
AT MOST 30 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR
BAIL. DON'T WORRY -- THE MONEY
ISN'T COMING FROM YOU BUT A
NON-PROFFIT BOND AGENCY. THE
PROGRAM'S DIRECTOR -- DEAN
BRAULT SAYS THIS PROPOSAL IS
ESSENTIAL FOR THE COUNTY. "IT
WILL APPLY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND IT SHOULD BE GETTING A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT. IT'S GOING TO
GET PEOPLE OUT THAT WERE
GETTING OUT ANYWAY BUT THEY
WILL BE GETTING OUT A LOT
FASTER." HE SAYS INCARCERATING
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY
BAIL IS A VIOLATION OF THEIR
DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL
PROTECTION RIGHTS UNDER THE
LAW. BUT THERE ARE SOME RULES
TO THIS. "IT IS GOING TO BE
FOR ANY OFFENDER WHO DOESN'T
HAVE ANY HOMICIDE CASES, SEX
CASES ARE GOING TO BE
EXCLUDED, THE BOND HAS TO BE
30 THOUSAND OR LESS, AND THE
THIRD ONE IS IF ANYONE HAS A
HOLD, IMMIGRATION DMC
PROBATION, WILL ELIMINATE THEM
AS WELL." THE PROPOSAL
ESTIMATES THE PROGRAM WOULD
SAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION DOLLARS
IN TAXPAYER MONEY BY REDUCING
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE
JAIL. HE SAYS HE HOPES TO HAVE
THIS PROPOSAL SOLIDIFIED INT
HE NEXT COMING MONTHS. "IF
THINGS GO QUICKLY IT COULD BE
BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR."
NO OTHER COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM
LIKE THIS. SO IF PIMA COUNTY
WERE TO PURSUE IT, THEY WOULD
BE THE FIRST TO DO SO. IF YOU
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