bail bondsmen

(Newser) - Jay Z is surely having a memorable Father's Day , but he's also using the occasion to push a serious issue: the plight of people stuck in jail because they can't afford bail. As he writes in Time , the celeb is talking about people merely accused of a...

(Newser) - For the rest of the world, America’s bail bonds industry is a horrifying concept. Bail bondsmen are a private, commercial wing of the US justice system, putting up defendants’ bail in exchange for a non-refundable fee, the New York Times explains. To critics, the system is unfair and corrupt,...