Is There a Relationship Between Bail Reform and the Pandemic?

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There is no evidence to suggest that bail reform has thing to do with crime, says CNN's John Sutter. The population of rikers in New York City has nearly doubled in the last year. Politicians do things because there is a voting constituency that they need to be afraid ofr or whose votes they need to stay in office said Sutter.

Twelve people at Rikers Island have died in custody so far this year. The pandemic is only part of the problem, explains Nick Pinto, who is covering the string of deaths for the Intercept.

Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Haleema Shah.

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