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l fund in new york state it posts bail for the poorest of the poor in criminal cases allowing them to fight their cases from a position of freedom rather than incarceration so how are we re doing in cases in which we ve posted bail more than 80 of bail fund clients were spared the criminal records they would otherwise have been forced to accept had they been unable to make bail in the past six months ninety eight percent of bail fund clients have returned to all of their court appearances to date 61 out of 62 clients who have had court appearances so far have returned to court for all of them for a total of 139 scheduled court dates including several on the same day as serious snowstorms no client is currently serving a sentence of incarceration on the case in which the bronx freedom fund paid his or her bail thus far it costs an average of just 791 to bail someone out and thus fundamentally change the dynamics of the case eleven out of fourteen cases that have been resolved to date have resulted in a dismissal one has resulted in a non criminal disposition a violation with a one year conditional discharge of course the freedom fund is interested not only in the outcomes of the criminal cases in which we intervene but in the life outcomes of the clients we are able to help in order to try to measure that we also track collateral consequences of incarceration that the bronx freedom fund has helped clients to avoid in the last six months our clients have regained the chance to carry on their daily lives in countless ways while their cases are pending a selection of these consequences include avoiding deportation because we posted bail one client avoided deportation to a country where he had not lived since he was a teenager and another avoided deportation to a country where she would not have been able to receive adequate medical treatment for her chronic condition returning to public housing because we posted bail a client was able to remain in public housing rather than being evicted had she remained in jail retaining a spot in supportive housing with integrated drug treatment another client facing expulsion from the program was allowed to stay after the freedom fund posted his bail continuing to be a parent because the freedom fund posted bail our client was able to attend his parenting classes and thus spend the holidays with a four year old son had he remained incarcerated and unable to attend the classes his visitation rights would have been curtailed or terminated for non compliance maintaining jobs because the freedom fund posted bail one recipient was able to maintain his employment as a certified nursing assistant for senior citizens while another was able to maintain employment at a restaurant staying in school because the freedom fund posted bail another recipient was able to finish his ged course and get his certificate other recipients were enrolled in courses in auto mechanics and commercial driving courses had they remained incarcerated they would not have been able to graduate nor get the certificates in fact they d have lost the time and money they invested in the courses and would have had to start again in short the numbers paint a pretty vivid picture of both the havoc wreaked when a poor person is forced to stay in jail because they are too poor to afford their freedom as well as the extraordinary difference that posting bail makes convinced feel free to donate at bronx freedom fund posted by indefensible at 11 36 am 1 comment thursday the new york times writes about the freedom fund today the nyt has a piece about the bronx freedom fund as chairman of the board and a founder of the program i couldn t be more delighted that the times has found it fit to cover us it s been a long road to becoming the state s first licensed not for profit bail fund so here s to us helping poor defendants post bail in backlogged bronx nytimes com helping poor defendants post bail in backlogged bronx by julie turkewitz jan 22 2014 launch media viewer james broadus ii 32 is out on bail thanks to the newly restored freedom fund in the bronx ángel franco the new york times email facebook twitter save more in october james broadus ii then 31 was arrested in co op city the bronx and charged with petty larceny and assault he was accused of taking a book bag from one man and choking another a judge set bail at 1 000 but mr broadus who had been working odd jobs had no savings his closest relative his grandmother could not help so mr broadus who had no criminal record faced a choice plead guilty and go home or sit in jail and wait for a trial sitting on a bench on a jail barge in the bronx mr broadus contemplated his options i don t want a record he recalled thinking i m not guilty he claims that he was wrongfully accused and had nothing to do with the crime but he knew that if he chose to exercise his right to trial he could be on the boat for weeks the bronx criminal court is one of the most backlogged big city courts in the nation and its delays are infamous in mr broadus s neighborhood he took in his surroundings his 20 or so cellmates the gray dinner meat a fetid unenclosed toilet he envisioned staying there through his birthday thanksgiving christmas i would have done whatever i had to do to get out he said which would have to have been saying yeah i m guilty it is a decision made over and over again across the city especially in the bronx anyone in the borough s court system is familiar with the dilemma people who cannot pay bail often plead guilty accepting a possibly life altering record to go home to a child to continue working to return to whatever they left in the outside world many have in fact committed crimes but some have not judges typically set low bails for misdemeanors like hopping a turnstile or stealing a backpack but in neighborhoods where savings are scarce many cannot pay in 2012 a total of 4 378 people arrested in the bronx had bail set from 50 to 2 000 according to data compiled by the criminal justice agency for the new york times of those 89 percent did not post bail at their arraignment of those who stayed in jail 43 percent were incarcerated until their case s disposition the median time in jail was 11 days the average stay was 40 days according to the criminal justice agency defendants in the bronx have the hardest time making bail in 2012 14 percent of nonfelony defendants in the bronx who had bail set at 500 or less were able to post at arraignment that number was 15 percent to 43 percent in the other boroughs an experimental program aims to help some of those people avoid jail time or a hastily made guilty plea by paying bail for poor defendants charged with misdemeanors the fund is a project of the bronx defenders a nonprofit provider of legal services not everyone qualifies the program which is known as the freedom fund provides bail only for people accused of misdemeanors paying as much as 2 000 and participants must demonstrate that they have roots in the community and therefore are likely to return to court the goal is to give the people with means and those without the same opportunity for a trial what we re hoping is it just brings back a little more fairness said robin steinberg 56 the executive director of the bronx defenders who started the fund with her husband david feige in 2007 during a period of about two years the fund paid the bail of about 150 people ninety three percent of them returned for every court date then in 2009 a judge questioned whether it was legal for a charitable organization to pay a defendant s bail arguing that such a group would need to meet the same regulations as a for profit bail bond business the pair unable to meet those requirements shut the program down but their desire to keep the fund going persisted we decided let s change the law ms steinberg said the couple rallied a bipartisan group of lawmakers who approved a bill signed by gov andrew m cuomo in 2012 that permits nonprofit groups to pay the bail for defendants accused of misdemeanors the freedom fund reopened in october its rebirth comes at a time when many are questioning the fairness of the city s bail system one of the strongest critics has been new york state s chief judge jonathan lippman who has called it unfair to poor people and unnecessarily expensive the annual cost of holding people in pretrial detention in the state is about 570 million in a 2013 speech judge lippman urged lawmakers to change bail statutes to make clear that people who are arrested should be released under the least restrictive conditions possible state law mandates that judges set bail only if they believe the defendant may not return for a later court date steven reed a spokesman for the bronx district attorney s office said bronx prosecutors seek only as much bail as is necessary to bring the defendant back to court some public defenders however say that bail is set far more often than the statute intended prosecutors push for it because it tends to result in more guilty pleas they assert alyssa work 27 the freedom fund s program director said judges acquiesced because there s a fear that one person out on bail will commit another crime and it will come back and it will reflect on them the freedom fund is the only nonprofit in the state that pays bail for low income people and its founders believe they are the only such organization in the nation mr broadus was among the fund s first clients after its return he is now fighting the case with the assistance of a lawyer from the bronx defenders i m not trying to skirt the system he said i m just trying to use it posted by indefensible at 2 09 am no comments friday bronx freedom fund pays bail so poor misdemeanor defendants can avoid jail time ny daily news as chair of the board i couldn t be prouder that we re back in business http www nydailynews com new york bronx jail free courtesy bronx fund article 1 1503164 bronx freedom fund pays bail so poor misdemeanor defendants can avoid jail time program legalized thanks to a law sponsored by state sen gustavo rivera aims to help offenders avoid pretrial detention save taxpayers millions by denis slattery new york daily news thursday october 31 2013 5 26 pm 32 29 0 print share this url chu victor freelance nydn victor chu a bill sponsored by bronx state senator gustavo rivera pictured now headed to governor cuomo s desk would allow charitable organizations to post bail for defendants charged with petty misdemeanors related stories bronx biker club chief convicted of attempted murder in bar shooting former prison is one step closure to serving a useful purpose bronx gang member gets 7 years in prison for gay bashing attack that involved sodomy torture bronx jail costs city 14m as inmates await trial for six months longer than other boroughs bronx residents who can t make their bail now have a financial backer who can help them avoid jail time the bronx freedom fund has already helped five cash strapped defendants charged with misdemeanor crimes avoid pretrial detention since it launched last week clients many of whom have no prior arrests and face minor drug charges are recommended to the fund through the bronx defenders a nonprofit organization it gives people the ability to post bail and to defend themselves better said state sen gustavo rivera d tremont who sponsored a bill that legalized the group s work last year the program the first to be licensed in the state aims to help indigent defendants charged with non violent misdemeanors with bails set at 2 000 or less related lhota slams de blasio s crime views as naive the time has come for the bail system to be reformed said robin steinberg the executive director of the bronx defenders judges seek bail to guarantee a defendant will return for subsequent court hearings but critics contend the state s bail statutes unjustly jail poor residents initially the bronx freedom fund operated from 2007 to 2009 posting bail for 120 bronx residents before a judge declared it illegal a nonprofit to post bail on a defendant s behalf lori van buren albany times union chief judge jonathan lippman c says some defendants await their trial in jail even though they re no threat to society if they re not a safety issue they shouldn t be kept in he adds during that run 93 of the program s clients showed up for every subsequent court date and 54 had their cases dismissed you have people who wind up staying in jail when they re no threat to society said chief judge jonathan lippman if they re not a safety issue they shouldn t be kept in related nyc soon to launch courts aimed at helping prostitutes out of sex work only 13 of the defendants arrested in 2008 on nonfelony charges and given bail of 1 000 or less were able to post bail at arraignment according to the new york criminal justice agency the fund works with a revolving flow when one client finishes his or her court appearances the bail money goes back into a pool to help the next client it creates a sense of community and spirit among those in the program said steinberg whose group helped found the fund cutting down on detention would also save taxpayers money said alyssa work project director of the bronxfreedom fund the city independent budget office estimated the annual cost of incarcerating pretrial detainees who were unable to make bail at 125 million in 2012 the majority of city jails are in fact detention centers in which felony and non felony defendants await trial of the 12 287 inmates in city jails on any given day 39 are pretrial detainees who could not afford bail according to the same report read more http www nydailynews com new york bronx jail free courtesy bronx fund article 1 1503164 ixzz2jpdaz4ui posted by indefensible at 12 33 pm no comments wednesday the bronx defenders and robin steinberg my wife win impact award big congrats to my wife and her amazing organization today the new york law journal awarded the bronx defenders and robin steinberg the 2013 impact award for the work they do joining other impressive winners like the chief judge of the second circuit and the skadden fellowship program very good wife posted by indefensible at 11 50 am no comments love this headline fiscal impasse ends gop backs down it s rare and wonderful to see the results of actually just saying no to the crazies but it s also gotten me thinking about the messaging opportunities for progressives that s because more than almost anything else the recent government shut down makes abundantly clear that the tea party is really more like a frat party a bunch of idiotic juveniles who exhibit an infantile delight in breaking things it seems to me to set up a terrific opportunity to send a clear message time to return grown ups to congress if i were the dccc i d target every single tea party seat right now regardless of how safe it seems and i d blast them with that essential message your congressman just tried to blow our country up time ...