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888BAILMAN.org
by Bret
Graham ~ "(888)BailMan"SM
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JAIL
& BAIL IN YOUR CITY OR COMMUNITY
When a
person is
arrested and booked into a jail, the jail location, the bail
procedures,
and the time periods for booking and release are highly dependent upon
the city or community where the arrest occured. To view the Jail
&
Bail procedures for your city or community, just click below on the
link for the city or community nearest you:
When
a person is placed into custody, the bail amount is
set by either a judge or by the jail
personnel using a countywide bail schedule established by the Superior
Court judges. Once a bail amount is set, either cash, a cashier's check
or a bail bond may be posted at the jail or court. However, the jail
facility will not accept the bail until the person arrested “clears” a
records check.
The
records check includes taking “livescan” fingerprints and then
electronically sending them to the Department of Justice in Sacramento.
Daily, the Department of Justice shuts down for maintenance from 2AM to
4AM. Sometimes the electronic “system” goes down and defendants who
have arranged for and are attempting to have their bail posted, simply
are left to sit for hours and even days until the “system” comes back
on line. Also, sometimes jails like the Long Beach Police
Department do
not assign a technician on every shift to process the records checks.
Prolonged system outages and not staffing a technician on every shift
are
certainly a denial of due process which can result in a prisoner being
held many hours or even days beyond the point when the posting of bail
should have been accepted. Where is the ACLU when you need them?
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