But both sides, prosecutors or defense attorneys, can ask for bond review hearings, and they re not limited to one.
It s up to a judge to decide whether to grant another bond review, should defendants cite new mitigating factors such as a change in their housing status. Prosecutors might cite new aggravating factors to keep the accused detained.
Right now, the Criminal Justice Center downtown houses those accused of the highest level of violent crimes such as first-degree murders, assaults, robberies and domestic assaults, as well as those awaiting their day in federal courts.
It’s also been the scene of two riots this year, with detainees freeing themselves from their cells because of faulty locks, attacking a guard, setting fires, breaking windows and doing other damage throughout the facility.