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Get Out of Jail Free: Taxpayer-Funded Grants Place Criminals on Street Without Posting BailFor fiscal year 2012, the House Appropriations Committee recommended $357 million for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program (H.R. 2596). Byrne JAG grants, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), can be used by state and local governments for 29 broad criminal justice purposes, including funding pretrial release services.
Philadelphia : A Case Study of Public Policy Disaster
For decades, Philadelphia court officials have presided over an ineffective bail system that allowed accused criminals to skip court virtually without consequence. Defendants routinely failed to appear in court and just as routinely, failed to pay the forfeited bail that was supposed to come due as a result.
Further, Philadelphia court officials admitted that no one made any effort to collect the money owed the city by those who had skipped their court dates.
What is the result of the city’s pretrial release services? Today, fugitive defendants owe the city more than $1 billion for failing to appear for their trials.[ Further, there are more than 47,000 defendants wanted on bench warrants for failing to appear for trial.
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