End of jail bail reform may cost Broward taxpayers an extra $16.7 million
The Central Intake Bureau in the Broward County Jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Photo: BSO
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s exercise in bail reform, intended to end the unjust treatment of the poor and minorities, died quietly Jan. 1. It was 1 ½ years old.
Cause of death: the state’s Republican powers that be – the Legislature, governor and Supreme Court.
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