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“The DCJ study also showed that 67% of defendants who had a recent prior violent felony arrest in the past year who were released under bail reform were re-arrested within two years of their arraignment.”


Progressive are soft on criminals

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the data shows a slight increase((9.5% vs. 8.1%) for violent people who have already been institutionalized!

recidivism decreased for people without a violent charge or history, the policy works. :stopitslime:

what sense does it make for violent people to be let out of prison if they can afford it when it should solely be based on whether they're a threat to the community or not?



Study shows those released under NY's bail reform laws are less likely to get rearrested​




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Matt Katz
Published Mar 15, 2023


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The entrance to the Rikers Island Correctional Facility.

Controversial new state bail laws that some politicians say lead to offenders getting released and then rearrested actually had the opposite overall effect, according to a new study of criminal justice data released on Tuesday.

The study, from John Jay College’s Data Collaborative for Justice, showed that the 2020 bail reform laws eliminating judges’ ability to impose bail for low-level crimes actually reduced the likelihood that someone would get arrested again.

The one exception was for bail-eligible people who were released following recent violent felony arrests. The rate of rearrests for that cohort of offenders increased slightly.

“Fundamentally, we found that eliminating bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies reduced recidivism in New York City, while there was no clear effect in either direction for cases remaining bail eligible,” said Michael Rempel, director of John Jay College’s Data Collaborative for Justice, in a statement.

The study did not delve into the reasons behind the relative lack of recidivism among those who were released without having to pay bail. But experts have said that even temporary incarceration can lead to termination from jobs, family disruption and housing loss, which can incentivize further criminal activity.

The purpose of the 2020 reform laws was to allow people charged with most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies to be released while their cases played out in court. That meant they didn’t have to choose between paying bail and going to the dangerous Rikers Island jails. Instead, judges had to release people under other conditions like supervised release, which involves nonprofit agencies in the community doing monitoring and support.


The reforms were designed to reduce incarceration and stop putting people in jail just because they could not afford to post bail. But since the laws went into effect, politicians who oppose bail reform — such as Democratic Mayor Eric Adams — and conservative outlets like The New York Post, have argued that the laws went too far and led to violent criminals roaming free on city streets.

"We have a recidivism problem in New York and far too many people, there's about 2,000 people who are repeatedly catch, release, repeat in crimes," Adams said earlier this month. "If we don't take them off our streets, they're going to continue to prey on innocent people."

This new study found that the two-year rearrest rate for those released due to bail reform was 44%, compared to 50% for those with similar charges, criminal histories and demographics who were held in jail in the period before the reform.

It also took longer for those released as a result of bail reform to get rearrested than those forced to do a stint in jail after being charged.

Since the bail reform measures passed in 2019 and 2020, the new laws’ effect on crime has been perhaps the most debated topic in New York politics. It was a central focus of last year’s state elections, with Republicans and conservative Democrats alike claiming it led to spikes in crime, especially shootings and burglaries, because people were released without bail and went on to commit illegal acts. But so far data to prove that assertion has been limited, as have analyses countering the argument.

Tuesday's report tracked alleged offenders over a longer period than prior studies — including the time after cases were disposed of — and compared rearrests of those released pretrial due to bail reform and other statistically similar people who were held in jail.


“Our goal with this study was to substantially upgrade the credibility of information known to New Yorkers about bail reform and recidivism,” said Rempel in a statement.

Bail reform remains a hotly debated topic. Gov. Kathy Hochul is now seeking to eliminate the mandate that judges impose the “least restrictive condition” necessary on those charged with crimes still eligible for the imposition of bail, like violent felonies. The change would give more discretion to judges to allow them to impose higher bail amounts in order to keep more people locked up pretrial if they can’t afford to pay. But opponents say the proposal is unconstitutional.

The bail reform laws were initially passed in 2019 and modified in 2020 and 2022. The latest modifications went into effect in May and were not part of the John Jay study.

Offenses that are still not eligible for mandatory release are almost all violent felonies, sex offenses and certain domestic violence cases. Judges can order holding certain repeat offenders and those deemed a flight risk.
 

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As the Mental Illness Capital of the World you can't afford to be soft on crime

what criminal law will prevent a mentally ill person from acting erratically?

NY isn't even in the top ten.


Mental Health by State​

Mental Health America publishes its state of Mental Health Report every year. The report’s goal is to provide a snapshot of mental health status among your and adults, track changes in the prevalence of mental health issues, and access to mental health care, understand how changes in the data reflect the impact of policies and legislation, and to increase dialogue and improve outcomes for those with mental health issues.

StateRates Of Mental Illness
Utah29.68%
Oregon27.33%
West Virginia26.05%
Kansas26.02%
Oklahoma25.59%
Washington25.51%
Idaho24.92%
Ohio24.32%
Rhode Island24.12%
Arizona23.89%
 
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what criminal law will prevent a mentally ill person from acting erratically?

NY isn't even in the top ten.


Mental Health by State​

Mental Health America publishes its state of Mental Health Report every year. The report’s goal is to provide a snapshot of mental health status among your and adults, track changes in the prevalence of mental health issues, and access to mental health care, understand how changes in the data reflect the impact of policies and legislation, and to increase dialogue and improve outcomes for those with mental health issues.

StateRates Of Mental Illness
Utah29.68%
Oregon27.33%
West Virginia26.05%
Kansas26.02%
Oklahoma25.59%
Washington25.51%
Idaho24.92%
Ohio24.32%
Rhode Island24.12%
Arizona23.89%
Stop releasing violent criminals from jail.. especially illegals and mentally ill perps
Make subways safer and secure
 

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They bout to call u maga
fukk em!
They know I have been sympathetic to migrants but there's no excuse to letting criminals stay in the country
It makes sense to check people records and mental capacity at the border,but since that's not important..move swiftly to remove them from the country when they commit crimes
Lock them up first then deport them
 
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