There are major insurance companies who profit from locking up Black people

[basquebromance]

Over $2 billion is brought in annually by this hugely predatory industry, which often goes unregulated.

Who Really Makes Money Off of Bail Bonds?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Hmmmm. They can be held no bail. That's okay.

 

[Maxdeath]

Well call this just a shot in the dark here but if someone does not break the law they don't get arrested they don't go to jail and don't need to be bailed out.
Works no matter the race.
So to keep someone from making money off your bond don't break the law.

 

[Wyatt earp]

In jail they are not killing, raping or robbing someone.

 

[basquebromance]

https://www.theroot.com/locking-up-black-people-is-big-business-1833524257

It’s time to break down where injustice hides and show people what we can do about it. Because there is so much we can do, together.

 

[Dekster]

Random thoughts on this issue:

1) Putting up your house is such a PITA in our area, must people who start doing it throw up their hands and pay the bondsman. It is basically done like a HELOC, requires title exams, etc, can't have any liens on it, and the docs have to be prepared, executed and then recorded so it is faster to just pay the bond company their 10% unless you have a huge bail.

2) I am not sure that blacks are the victims of racism in the process so much as they are less well-established generally to come up with money fast and a lot of them simply have records that drive up the bail amount so the racism is probably more secondary to just blacks still have a fairly sucky lot in life as a whole.

3) As imperfect as it is, some of these people need to stay behind bars to dry out, sober up, break their stealing sprees, etc. In my state at least you get credit for time served so it is not all wasted. Often they are about done with their sentence by the time it gets imposed unless they are doing major felonies.

 

[Disir]

https://www.theroot.com/locking-up-black-people-is-big-business-1833524257

It’s time to break down where injustice hides and show people what we can do about it. Because there is so much we can do, together.

Still trying to stir up dissension.

 

[basquebromance]

Race does not matter; values and ideas do

 

[Disir]

None of it matters to you. It's the division that you find appealing.

 

[basquebromance]

None of it matters to you. It's the division that you find appealing.

whatever grandpa, take your pills

 

[Disir]

None of it matters to you. It's the division that you find appealing.

whatever grandpa, take your pills

Try again.