Failure to appear rates are consistently under 5% in NYC. The cost of incarceration is approximately $500/night. The most common reason cited for missing court,

Failure to appear rates are consistently under 5% in NYC. The cost of incarceration is approximately $500/night. The most common reason cited for missing court, approximately 70%, is childcare/elder care. Failure to make bail more often results in job loss, homelessness, etc. The very simple economics of bail, beyond the obvious injustice of incarceration before judgement only for the poor, is a complete and utter failure. The only justification for the current system is cruelty. The singular position of conservatives is, simply put, is that there must be out-groups for whom the law binds, but does not protect, and in-groups for who. The law protects, but does not bind.