California's Pretrial System Needs to Strive Towards Equity
A fair and just pretrial release and detention system recognizes the presumption of innocence, facilitates due process, and serves to advance public safety for all. This is the fundamental premise underlying Proposition 25 on California's Ballot in 2020 as it seeks approval to eliminate the monetary bail system which unfairly discriminates against people with mental illness and exacerbates socioeconomic and racial bias. Instead it would establish a risk-based system for pretrial release and detention.
