New York Bail Reform Is Part Of Trend Away Form Cash Punishment

New York Bail Reform Is Part Of Trend Away Form Cash Punishment

New York City will soon offer alternatives to bail for low-level offenders. NPR’s Wade Goodwyn speaks with Karin Martin of John Jay College about how this will affect New York’s prisons.

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