It does have a point though. I believe what they where trying to say is presumed innocence and ability to walk, or sufficent evidence to hold.
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So really the issue is that it should be easier to hold people.
It should be harder to hold people as a thoughtless default, and easier to revoke (non-cash) bail when they breach that trust.
When the bail is revoked you have to send resources to detain the person. Putting not only the person wanted, but the resources and everyone around the wanted person in danger.
When cash bail is imposed on someone who can't afford it, we spend substantially more resources keeping them in jail pending trial. Rikers Island costs half a million a year per detainee.
https://queenseagle.com/all/detained-until-proven-guilty
> Bryson’s son, whose name is being withheld for fear of reprisal, is one of 306 people incarcerated on Rikers Island whose pre-trial detention has lasted three years or longer. There are an additional 441 detainees who have been held for two to three years and nearly 1,000 who have been held for one to two years, according to the New York City Department of Correction.
Pretrial detention also puts the presumed-innocent person at near-certain risk of job loss and other negative consequences.
I'm not arguing against you.
I'm sure the location of the jail and the Cost of Living of the surrounding area has an affect on the cost.
> Rikers Island costs half a million a year per detainee.
Which averages down to $1,369 a day or $57/hr per prisoner. Which is about the same cost as 2 average NYcops[0] (Maybe NYC is higher?) per hour.
So I guess the cost to house and the cost to retrieve are about the same minus the admin/paperwork? Although that assumes the 2 cops show up and the person is exactly where they say they are and go into custody without issue.
[0] https://www.indeed.com/career/police-officer/salaries/New-Yo...
Two cops can hopefully capture more than one bail jumper in a year, so no, not the same cost.
Those are state cases not federal cases. The system of bail is different.
Nevertheless, the real issue there is refusing to set trial dates and dragging out the proceedings, typically done in the hope of getting the accused to plea guilty so an up and coming DA can brag about their prosecution rate when they run for Governor.