Another important piece from @calliecferguson about Maine's broken bail system. Cash bail is unfair, bad at its job, and keeps people in jail who don't need to be there. It's time for a change.https://bangordailynews.com/2019/05/15/mainefocus/how-1-mainer-was-jailed-for-sleeping-in-the-wrong-place-while-another-accused-of-murder-walked-free/ …
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BUT, we can't just replace them with problematic risk assessment tools either. Most existing risk assessments perpetuate discrimination in the justice system by relying on historical data & socioeconomic factors that assess group risk - rather than truly assessing an individual.
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