CommonWealth Beacon
04/30/2022
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Sandra Susan Smith
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, HKS; Professor of Sociology, FAS

Abstract

In any given year, Massachusetts courts ask roughly 23,000 people to pay bail for their freedom; and over 8,000 people remain in jail pretrial—even though they do not pose a danger to public safety—because they cannot afford to post bail.

Citation

Smith, Sandra Susan, and Isabella Jorgensen. "It’s time for Mass. to eliminate cash bail." CommonWealth Beacon, 04/30/2022.