Do you live in NYC? Pay one dollar to get someone out of jail.

DavidByron2 · 2018-09-21T17:27:40+00:00

The US is about the only country (and some dump in Africa? or is it the Philippines?) that has money bail still. In NYC there's a practice of sometimes setting bail for one single dollar - but the catch is the accused can't pay it themselves. These are people who have not been convicted yet of course, as with any bail situation. And I'm guessing if their bail is $1 they probably weren't accused of jack to begin with.

Found this site when researching that article on the group that released 500 "women and children" from bail prison.

The catch? The prison folks make you jump through hours of hoops to pay that one dollar and you have to turn up in person (hence only local to NYC).

thrway_1000 · 2018-09-21T21:56:34+00:00

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Title	Do you live in NYC? Pay one dollar to get someone out of jail.
Author	DavidByron2
Upvotes	7
Comments	2
Date	September 21, 2018 5:23 PM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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