lbeisen.bsky.social
@lbeisen.bsky.social
Senior Director, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; attorney; author of Inside Private Prisons (Columbia University Press); editor of Excessive Punishment (Columbia University Press)
And to be clear: lawmakers often make bail reform a scapegoat for rising crime rates, despite research indicating that there is no evidence that bail reform affects crime rates. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Does Bail Reform Impact Crime?
The evidence for a connection between bail reform and crime is weak. Here’s how we know.
www.brennancenter.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And to be clear: lawmakers often make bail reform a scapegoat for rising crime rates, despite research indicating that there is no evidence that bail reform affects crime rates. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
And what is more troubling, the threat of jail may even induce false guilty pleas, as some people would rather face a criminal record than spend additional time in pretrial detention vera-institute.files.svdcdn.com/production/d...
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August 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
And what is more troubling, the threat of jail may even induce false guilty pleas, as some people would rather face a criminal record than spend additional time in pretrial detention vera-institute.files.svdcdn.com/production/d...
Research has found those who were detained in jail were more likely to receive a prison sentence and to receive a longer one compared to one who never spent a day behind bars pretrial. www.arnoldventures.org/stories/the-...
Arnold Ventures | The Harmful Ripples of Pretrial Detention
A new data-rich study reveals that holding a person in jail for any amount of time before trial may undermine public safety.
www.arnoldventures.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Research has found those who were detained in jail were more likely to receive a prison sentence and to receive a longer one compared to one who never spent a day behind bars pretrial. www.arnoldventures.org/stories/the-...
These EOs will not increase public safety. Cash bail creates a two-tiered justice system, one for those who can afford bail and one for those who can't. Tying pretrial release to ability to pay means wealth not public safety safety or likelihood of returning to court determines who stays in jail.
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
These EOs will not increase public safety. Cash bail creates a two-tiered justice system, one for those who can afford bail and one for those who can't. Tying pretrial release to ability to pay means wealth not public safety safety or likelihood of returning to court determines who stays in jail.
As @brennancenter.org has noted before, the reasons why crime rises and falls are quite complex and can rarely be reduced to one driver. Politicians and government officials should refrain from blaming immigrants. Data does not support those claims. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’
Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.
www.brennancenter.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As @brennancenter.org has noted before, the reasons why crime rises and falls are quite complex and can rarely be reduced to one driver. Politicians and government officials should refrain from blaming immigrants. Data does not support those claims. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
And when we look at who is in ICE detention right now, more than 70% of people in ICE detention have no criminal conviction tracreports.org/immigration/....
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July 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And when we look at who is in ICE detention right now, more than 70% of people in ICE detention have no criminal conviction tracreports.org/immigration/....
They also found that more than 93% were never convicted of any violent offenses www.cato.org/news-release...
65% of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93% No Violent Convictions
ICE’s deportation agenda is not what is being advertised to the American public.
www.cato.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
They also found that more than 93% were never convicted of any violent offenses www.cato.org/news-release...
The CATO Institute – using nonpublic data from ICE – found that of the people ICE has booked into detention between Oct 1, 2024 to June 14 of 2025, 65% had no criminal convictions. www.cato.org/news-release...
65% of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93% No Violent Convictions
ICE’s deportation agenda is not what is being advertised to the American public.
www.cato.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The CATO Institute – using nonpublic data from ICE – found that of the people ICE has booked into detention between Oct 1, 2024 to June 14 of 2025, 65% had no criminal convictions. www.cato.org/news-release...
In fact, many studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite. www.antoniocasella.eu/nume/Adelman...
www.antoniocasella.eu
July 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In fact, many studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite. www.antoniocasella.eu/nume/Adelman...
The law demands humane conditions of confinement and gives members of Congress the role of making sure it is followed.
July 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The law demands humane conditions of confinement and gives members of Congress the role of making sure it is followed.
Interfering with oversight of immigrant detention is unacceptable. It's particularly troubling as ICE just received $45 billion in the federal budget bill to expand its immigrant detention capacity. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Budget Bill Massively Increases Funding for Immigration Detention
The influx of money comes as the administration is resisting congressional oversight of conditions at ICE facilities.
www.brennancenter.org
July 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Interfering with oversight of immigrant detention is unacceptable. It's particularly troubling as ICE just received $45 billion in the federal budget bill to expand its immigrant detention capacity. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
This clampdown on congressional visits comes on the heels of the Department of Homeland Security eliminating the Office of the Immigration Ombudsman and the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, both of which performed critical oversight of immigration detention. www.epi.org/policywatch/...
Trump administration closes three DHS offices focused on civil rights and oversight
On March 21, 2025, Bloomberg Law reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was dismantling its Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), as well as cutting staff at the Of...
www.epi.org
July 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This clampdown on congressional visits comes on the heels of the Department of Homeland Security eliminating the Office of the Immigration Ombudsman and the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, both of which performed critical oversight of immigration detention. www.epi.org/policywatch/...