When an individual is arrested and does not have cash at hand to pay the entire bail ordered by the court, a bail bond serves as a great savior because it lets the accused go home during the pendency ...

NEW YORK — In 2017, around 33,000 criminal defendants in New York couldn’t post bail at their initial hearing. They went straight from a courthouse to jail simply because they were poor. The New York ...

Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe. A year ago, Illinois made headlines as the first state to ...

The indictment of Oklahoma City activist T. Sheri Dickerson for allegedly misusing charitable bail funds has led local bondsmen to call for increased regulation of the state's charitable bail system.

A Harris County bondsman’s bail license was formally rescinded Wednesday after allegations in June that he bribed a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer for his jailed clients.

The Georgia Senate on Monday voted to let bail bondsmen hold local elected office, a measure aimed at making it easier to recruit candidates in rural counties that sometimes have a dearth of ...