Italy doesn’t have a bail bond system. If a suspect is not remanded in custody he or she is released on good faith until their trial. For Clara Vannucci, an Italian photographer living in New York, therefore, the “BAIL BONDS” and “FIANZAS” neon signs in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn were an intriguing but confusing sight.

“I always wondered what they could be but I couldn’t find all the information I wanted,” says Vannucci whose photography has orbited around different aspects of criminal justice in both the United States and abroad.