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California bail industry grapples with fallout from a new law

by Benjamin Gottlieb

Sep 27, 2018

Starting next year, a judge, not ability to pay bail, will decide who remains jailed in the state before trial.

Bail companies posted nearly $1.75 billion in surety bonds with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County from May 2016 to May 2017, a recent report found. Above, an employee at Gotham Bail Bonds near downtown Los Angeles walks to her desk.

Benjamin Gottlieb/Marketplace

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