“We are opposed to Prop 3 because this is going to overload an already overburdened pre-trial detention system. Because of overcrowding, the jail system is already the largest warehouse of people with mental illness in the state of Texas. We cannot keep punishing our way out of this mental health crisis.” https://www.texasobserver.org/bail-crackdown-ballot-mental-health-crisis/

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B.C. welcomes federal bail reform legislation but lawyer says it won’t make a difference

B.C.’s attorney general says the province’s leadership played a big part in the federal Liberals’ highly anticipated bail…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/207222/

New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and “Unconstitutional” System of Cash Bail

https://murica.website/2025/10/new-film-exposes-deadly-houston-jail-and-unconstitutional-system-of-cash-bail/

‘I’m on the side of the people’: Kinew stands by controversial bail comments – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said he stands by comments he…
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On Nov. 4, Texas voters will get the final say on 17 constitutional amendments — usually listed as statewide propositions at the top of the ballot — including billions of dollars in property tax cuts for homeowners and businesses.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/09/22/531485/17-statewide-propositions-will-appear-on-the-november-ballot-heres-what-texas-voters-need-to-know/

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Bail reforms across the US show that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety https://theconversation.com/bail-reforms-across-the-us-have-shown-that-releasing-people-pretrial-doesnt-harm-public-safety-264448

Despite the lack of money bail…89% of defendants awaiting trial in the city showed up to their scheduled court appearances – and 90% remained arrest-free. Even among those accused of violent offenses, 98% were not rearrested for violent crimes...

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