Bail
For over a decade, the criminal justice system has been a testing ground for a compelling modern theory: that the foundational challenges of pretrial liberty and public safety could be optimized through data science. The high-water mark of this movement occurred when proponents began advocating for widespread adoption of
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How the Statute of Westminster I began limiting government discretion over pretrial liberty more than five centuries before the Bill of Rights Long before George Mason, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, or the Eighth Amendment, English law was already struggling with a question that remains familiar today: how much power
Bail
If We Want Respect, Visibility and Public Trust, We Have to Earn It Across the United States, I spend a great deal of time looking at social media pages belonging to bail agents, bail bond companies and organizations within our profession, and far too often I come away asking the
Bail
How Artificial Intelligence Is Supercharging a Crime That Has Targeted American Families for Nearly Two Decades The sudden attention being given to bail scams can leave the impression that this is a new crime. It is not. The FBI was warning the public about the “grandparent scam” in 2012 and
Bail
"Follow the Money, the Authority, and the Accountability — and See Which System Actually Works" The difference between government pretrial services and professional surety bail becomes much easier to understand when we stop arguing slogans and start looking at how the two systems actually operate. Both are supposed to
Arrest
America cannot fix its criminal justice system by defending failed policies, tolerating ineffective leadership, or ignoring constitutional rights. For more than a decade, criminal justice reform has been sold as a way to make the system fairer, more efficient, and safer. Bail reform, diversion programs, alternatives to incarceration, reduced enforcement,
Mike Morrison Bail Bonding
Who They Are, Who Funds Them, and What Happens When Their Promises Meet the Results Introduction The "Anti-Surety Movement" is a national network of advocacy organizations, litigation groups, private foundations, government agencies, and nonprofit bail funds that has spent decades, and an enormous amount of money, building
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
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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