Our city deserves a bail system that not only ensures that defendants return for court appearances, but that does not punish people for their poverty, is not racially discriminatory, does not distort ...

New York's busiest appeals court has ruled that the crime of making a terroristic threat, a class D felony, is not eligible for bail under the state's bail reform laws. The split decision Friday from ...

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected bail and home detention for a former charter schoolteacher who was arrested with his twin brother last week for stockpiling explosive materials and ...

In most places in America, people have long had the right, if accused of a crime, to buy their freedom back from the government. Cash bail — the requirement that a person who has been arrested pay the ...

A New York law aimed at making it more affordable for people to post bail after a loved one’s arrest is not working as planned, according to a new report shared exclusively with Gothamist. State ...

Last December, New York City courts moved forward with a new initiative aimed at reducing the number of people who are held on Riker’s Island after being charged with minor offenses. The three-month ...

Republicans in Congress want to end cashless bail in D.C. and hold more suspects in jail before trial. Watchdogs say it could push the jail system to the brink.