Kentucky’s bail system is broken, clogging overcrowded jails. Will lawmakers fix it? | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Kentucky’s bail system is broken, clogging overcrowded jails. Will lawmakers fix it?

John Cheves
December 27, 2019
Lexington Herald-Leader

Kentucky lawmakers must decide this winter whether to fix a broken bail system that is clogging the state’s dangerously overcrowded jails with thousands of people who can’t afford to buy their freedom. But it’s unclear if they will support reform legislation given how those efforts have failed in the past.

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