Senators Take Aim at Bail Industry Backers [themarshallproject.org]

Alicia Doktor 8/7/1812:00 PM

The mention of “bails bonds” can conjure familiar images: red neon signs glowing near a county jail, or the leather vest, dark sunglasses and blond mane of reality show star Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Usually not a skyscraper or office building.

But insurance companies form the quiet backbone of the industry, underwriting the vast majority of the millions of bail bonds written each year while undergoing little public scrutiny.

[For more on this story by JOSEPH NEFF, go to https://www.themarshallproject...backers?ref=hp-1-111]

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