“There are still people in jail, specifically and only, because they can’t afford to pay a money bond. So we do have further to go,” Grace said. “There is no justification for requiring people to put up money before they’re released. It doesn’t increase the chances of people coming back to court, and some studies are showing that even when people pay the money bond and get released, it increases the risks that they’ll be rearrested in the future. So taking money from communities that can’t afford to pay it is actually destabilizing. It’s increasing recidivism; it’s bad policy.”