Well, we came a LONG way this week by overturning Federal for-profit private prisons. However, we still have progress to make with regard to privately-run State prisons and there is still much more work to be done. . For example, have you ever wondered why it is OK to set bail for someone arrested for crack possession at $50,000 and they can't pay it, so they have to sit in jail - meanwhile, a murder suspect who's wealthy is given $Mil bail, but can easily pay it, so they get to go home? Doesn't seem very logical, does it? That's because it's also a money game (the fact that judges can arbitrarily set the bail to whatever they like - notwithstanding). . Well, it looks like that is about to change too! Now, I suspect the money game part of it will be taken out - which will remove the incentive for judges to set arbitrary bail amounts - and people will either serve time or not., based on the severity of their crimes - whether rich or poor. No more 'Get out of jail card' for the wealthy... . Seems to me this is the way it was meant to be and should have always been. I guess we'll see how that turns out.

Well, we came a LONG way this week by overturning Federal for-profit private prisons. However, we still have progress to make with regard to privately-run State prisons and there is still much more work to be done. . For example, have you ever wondered why it is OK to set bail for someone arrested for crack possession at $50,000 and they can't pay it, so they have to sit in jail - meanwhile, a murder suspect who's wealthy is given $Mil bail, but can easily pay it, so they get to go home? Doesn't seem very logical, does it? That's because it's also a money game (the fact that judges can arbitrarily set the bail to whatever they like - notwithstanding). . Well, it looks like that is about to change too! Now, I suspect the money game part of it will be taken out - which will remove the incentive for judges to set arbitrary bail amounts - and people will either serve time or not., based on the severity of their crimes - whether rich or poor. No more 'Get out of jail card' for the wealthy... . Seems to me this is the way it was meant to be and should have always been. I guess we'll see how that turns out. - Holding defendants in jail because they can't afford to make bail is unconstitutional, the Justice Department said in a court filing late Thursday.