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Proposed changes from the Rules Committee of the Connecticut Superior Court have drawn mixed reaction from lawmakers and activists. Under the new rule, defendants held for $50,000 or less would have to pay 7% to leave jail before trial.

According to data released by the Nassau County Police Department, fewer people are being rearrested while awaiting trial for their first alleged crime. This comes after state data last month showed that rearrests had fallen 5% in the second year of the new bail laws.

It took fish fries, fundraisers and GoFundMe to bail Bryan Jordan out of a Connecticut jail. Was it enough to keep him home?

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Kelan Lyons to discuss his article, “New Jersey mostly got rid of cash bail. Why hasn’t Connecticut?“ as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Kelan Lyons to discuss his article, “The problem of cash bail in CT: ‘They just cannot claw their way out’,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Fewer people are jailed in Connecticut today than in 2008. But the cash bail system keeps those who can't buy their way out imprisoned.

A federal judge denied bail for former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and his wife while he appeals corruption charges.

Thursday marked the start of new rules regarding who can be held on bail in New York State. The new law rolls back some bail reform measures passed in…

New York lawmakers and law enforcement officials have sounded the alarm about public safety as inmates get released under the state’s new bail reform law…

New York state senators from Long Island want to amend the criminal justice reforms they passed in April to give authority back to judges to set bail for…