Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Advance Bill to End Cash Bail for Low-Level Offenses
Kat Brady is with the Community Alliance on Prisons and told the House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that the price of the cash bail system can linger for years.
“We think that criminalizing poverty just clogs up the system and it ruins people’s lives,” says Brady, “Even a few days in jail can actually impact somebody lifelong.”
According to the latest data from the state Department of Public Safety, there are an estimated 894 pre-trial detainees currently scattered throughout the state’s correctional facilities. Brady estimates that detaining these inmates costs Hawaiʻi taxpayers more than $177,000 a day.
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