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49531 8y ago
> According to the bureau of justice statistics, 77% [2] of individuals are released from jail without financial condition. I think your source says that 28% of individuals had non-financial release. Also that the number of non-financial releases is going down (from 40% to 28% during the years in the data), but I could be misreading it.
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grasshopperpurp 8y ago
>According to the bureau of justice statistics, 77% [2] of individuals are released from jail without financial condition. Where are you getting 77%? >Except for a decline to 57% in 2004, the percentage of defendants released each year varied only slightly, from 62% to 64%. A more pronounced trend was observed in the type of release used (figure 1). From 1990 to 1998, the percentage of released defendants under financial conditions rose from 24% to 36%, while non-financial releases dropped from 40% to 28%. The only mention of 77% I see just says total release - not release without financial condition. >Defendants with a prior conviction (51%, not shown in table) had a lower probability of being released than those without a conviction (77%). This was true even if the prior convictions were for misdemeanors only (63%). The effect of a conviction record on release was more pronounced if the defendant had at least one prior felony conviction (46%). >A bail of let's say $250 for a minor offense is, in effect, a bail of $25. Though again, in the vast majority of cases a minor offense generally means you're released for free. Why say $250 when the median of released defendants was $5,000? >The median bail amount for detained defendants ($15,000) was 3 times that of released defendants ($5,000); the mean amount was about 5 times higher ($58,400 versus $11,600) (not shown in table). For all defendants with a bail amount set, the median bail amount was $9,000 and the mean was $35,800.
- TangoTrotFox 8y ago
  I definitely made a mistake there. These numbers were only for people charged with felonies - as is all the information you're mentioning. I'm currently looking for the information on all arrest data, which would crucially include misdemeanors, and am unable to find it on on the BJS site.
  - grasshopperpurp 8y ago
    All good - was just making sure I wasn't misreading it :^)

> According to the bureau of justice statistics, 77% [2] of individuals are released from jail without financial condition. I think your source says that 28% of individuals had non-financial release. Also that the number of non-financial releases is going down (from 40% to 28% during the years in the data), but I could be misreading it.

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grasshopperpurp 8y ago

>According to the bureau of justice statistics, 77% [2] of individuals are released from jail without financial condition. Where are you getting 77%? >Except for a decline to 57% in 2004, the percentage of defendants released each year varied only slightly, from 62% to 64%. A more pronounced trend was observed in the type of release used (figure 1). From 1990 to 1998, the percentage of released defendants under financial conditions rose from 24% to 36%, while non-financial releases dropped from 40% to 28%. The only mention of 77% I see just says total release - not release without financial condition. >Defendants with a prior conviction (51%, not shown in table) had a lower probability of being released than those without a conviction (77%). This was true even if the prior convictions were for misdemeanors only (63%). The effect of a conviction record on release was more pronounced if the defendant had at least one prior felony conviction (46%). >A bail of let's say $250 for a minor offense is, in effect, a bail of $25. Though again, in the vast majority of cases a minor offense generally means you're released for free. Why say $250 when the median of released defendants was $5,000? >The median bail amount for detained defendants ($15,000) was 3 times that of released defendants ($5,000); the mean amount was about 5 times higher ($58,400 versus $11,600) (not shown in table). For all defendants with a bail amount set, the median bail amount was $9,000 and the mean was $35,800.

TangoTrotFox 8y ago
I definitely made a mistake there. These numbers were only for people charged with felonies - as is all the information you're mentioning. I'm currently looking for the information on all arrest data, which would crucially include misdemeanors, and am unable to find it on on the BJS site.
- grasshopperpurp 8y ago
  All good - was just making sure I wasn't misreading it :^)