Bail Reform

Rep. Steven Stafstrom urged the Connecticut Sentencing Commission to focus on bail reform, suggesting it could be a key policy issue in 2024.

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.

At an event with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and local district attorneys, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed spending bills that further rolled back bail reforms.

Connecticut's bail infrastructure, where financial means largely determine who stays locked up, could go through major changes. Here are the details.

A recent Connecticut Supreme Court decision gives people accused of crimes the power to contest, with evidence, prosecutors’ claims about how much bail is reasonable — a change that will likely provide more protection to people fighting bail bonds they can’t afford.

More than half of Long Islanders say they do not support the elimination of cash bail in New York, according to the latest poll from Siena College.

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.

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

With a little less than three months until Election Day in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul is comfortably ahead of her challenger Lee Zeldin. But as Karen DeWitt reports, in a volatile political climate, nothing is for certain.