Mike Morrison Bail Bonding
Bail bonds protect the presumption of innocence and allow defendants to continue working, supporting their families, and preparing their defense while their case is pending. Without this system, defendants who have not been convicted of anything could remain in jail simply because they cannot afford to pay the full amount
Mike Morrison Bail Bonding
From Industry Communication to National Influence: How PBUS Is Reaching an Audience Far Beyond the Bail Profession Mike Morrison is leading a social media strategy designed to take the PBUS message beyond the bail profession and directly to the American public. A recent PBUS post generated 180,347 views, reached
Bail
Why replacing conditional release with expanded government incarceration threatens due process, public budgets, and the presumption of innocence. In the evolving debate over American criminal justice reform, few legal mechanisms are as fundamentally misunderstood as preventive detention. The term sounds technical. The consequence is not. Preventive detention gives government the
Bail
35 Years, Nearly 30,000 Clients: What Mike Morrison Bail Bonding Actually Stands For A look at how one Hattiesburg bail agent built a career on legal knowledge, discretion, and staying current as the courts around him changed. Mike Morrison Bail Bonding has operated in Hattiesburg since 1991. In that
Bail
Behind the slogan of “profit over people” is a regulated profession, a private financial stake, and a record the reform movement would rather not revisit. The anti-surety movement has built its public case on a single substitution: take the mechanical reality of a cash bail number, bolt on a
Bail
Behind the slogan is a profession built on accountability, guidance, and service to families in crisis. “Profit over people” has become one of the anti-surety movement’s favorite accusations against professional bail agents. It is a convenient slogan, but it is built on a false description of who we
Arrest
In 2018, Mississippi's bail reform critics were dismissed as fearmongers. In 2026, the numbers say they were right. State leaders rarely go back and check their own work. Once a policy is passed, the people who championed it move on to the next cause, and the communities left
Bail Enforcement
A Ride Along in the World of Bail Enforcement Agents Most people will never truly understand the world of a professional bail enforcement agent because most of that world exists while the rest of society is asleep. The public sees fragments of it through social media clips, television shows, arrest
Public Safety
Two pieces published eleven days apart both name cash bail as the villain — even when their own facts point somewhere else entirely. Two Bail Project pieces landed within two weeks of each other this summer: a June 26 USA Today op-ed by National Director of Policy Erin George opposing
Prevention matters, but prevention without accountability will not protect victims or make communities safer. In a recent video posted on Instagram, the Vera Institute of Justice claims that voters understand that “more incarceration and more policing don’t make us safer.” Vera argues that public safety comes instead from investments
Bail
Making a difference all across Mississippi The Mississippi Bail Agents Association began a major upgrade of its education program with the release of the revised Bail Procedures Manual in January 2025. The manual was submitted for peer review to the Mississippi Judicial College, the official judicial education and training body
Arrest
The Top Bail Sites Every Bail Agent Must Know Staying informed is part of being a serious bail professional. AIA Surety has assembled a valuable collection of websites, podcasts, research libraries and social media accounts that provide current information on surety bail, legislation, public safety and criminal justice policy. These