'We had a guy a couple of weeks ago with congestive heart failure...The judge let him make bond so the county didn't get stuck with that bill,' Lamar County Sheriff Hal Allred admitted.
Sheriffs in Alabama have admitted using medical bonds to release sick and dying inmates from jail in order to avoid paying hefty hospital fees, according to a new report.
"We don't have any medical staff in the jail. I wish we did, that would be great, but the way the county finances are, I won't live long enough to see it," he said.Local jails all over the country, ProPublica and AL.com report, have used medical bonds to release sick inmates for over two decades. However, in Alabama, the device is used far more often than elsewhere.
According to the journalists behind the year-long investigation, medical bonds are typically used when an inmate awaiting trial is in a medical crisis. Jackson said that in addition to it being concerning that sheriffs would release inmates over money, he was also concerned about the impact that decision might have on public safety.
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