'The people who suffer the most are, of course, the poor,' said one public defender after a report showed just how many inmates remain in jail.
A new report from Mississippi is showing troubling figures about the accessibility of bail and lawyers for the state's incarcerated inmates.
"The law and our criminal rules say that there is a presumption of release prior to trial and that requiring payment for one's freedom should be the exception rather than the rule," said Johnson. A report released on January 12 says thousands of people in Mississippi are held in county jails for long periods while waiting to go on trial because they are too poor to afford bail, judges may deny bail altogether or public defenders might not be available when they're needed. Above, Cliff Johnson speaks to state lawmakers about prisons on February 13, 2020, at the Mississippi State Capitol.
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