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| Scores keep some in jail |
| By Press-Register |
| Published: 10/20/2008 |
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ALABAMA - When a criminal suspect with a long rap sheet is booked into Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Jail, his former crimes will be held against him. A scoring system will rate his priors and likely boost his bail. Not in Mobile County, where most inmates can check out of Metro Jail within a few hours on pre-approved bail amounts. In those cases, a corrections officer simply matches the crime with a bail schedule before a suspect can post bond. There is no attention paid to his past brushes with the law or whether he has a job or family in the area. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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