Archive for March, 2010

The easy way to bail someone out of Florida jail

Monday, March 29th, 2010

The easiest way to bail someone out of jail is to talk to a highly qualified bail bonds agency. These agencies deal with thousands of cases very similar to yours every year, and they’ll know exactly what needs to be done in order to bail that person out of jail. They will be able to help you make quick decisions and should be able to handle your application smoothly and quickly. If you choose a good Tampa bail bonds agency, they will be able to bail someone out of jail within a matter of hours. If you don’t, however, you could end up with a whole multitude of problems and the process could take days rather than just hours.

A big bail bond agency will be able to give you complete peace of mind. It’s a bit like putting the whole bail bonds process on autopilot – you just give them the necessary details, and they do all the hard work for you. You can often find high quality bail bond agencies online, and you’ll be able to talk to someone from that agency before you begin working with them. Be sure to explain your situation and ask any questions that you might have; if you are happy with the answers they give you, the chances are you’re going to be happy with the service they provide when you work with them.

Make sure to stay calm throughout the process and not make too much of a fuss. There is nothing worse for an agency than someone who is panicking and impatient while they are working hard to process the bail bond. Good agencies will help you relax and give you peace of mind, but don’t rely on this, they are often too busy and it’s only those that truly care about customer service who will help you in this area.

Pasco County Eliminates Pretrial Release

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Overview
SB 782 (Thrasher) and HB 445 (Dorworth) put modest limits on who is eligible for government
funded pretrial release (PTR) programs. Opponents of this bill have said that these limits would
increase the county jail population. This is not true.

Pasco County Findings
Due to budget constraints, in 2007 Pasco County completely eliminated its government run PTR
program, saving taxpayers $348,000 per year. In 2008, the county’s jail population increase
was a negligible 5 bed days per year (an increase from 1,262 to 1,267)…a less than 0.4% increase.
However, when considering the population growth of the county during that same time, there was
a net decrease of 2.2% in per capita bed days. Per capita occupancy went DOWN, not up!

Sources: Florida Department of Corrections, Index to Statistics and Publication; US Census population estimates.
“Due to budget cuts, we completely cut out the pretrial release program in Pasco County.
As a result, we saved taxpayers nearly $350,000 last year and haven’t seen any
noticeable change in our jail population. I have had great success in doing away with the
pretrial release program.”
–Pasco County Sheriff Bob White
“We have had great success with the Pre-trial Program being eliminated in Pasco
County.”
–Pasco County Commissioner Michael Cox

Conclusion
The complete elimination of the taxpayer financed pretrial release program in Pasco County had
no significant impact on jail population. If any impact must be drawn, one could conclude that
eliminating the program actually reduced the per capita jail population while saving taxpayers
nearly $350,000 per year.

What is Pre-Trial Release

Monday, March 1st, 2010

We found a video that talks about Pre-trial release and how ineffective it really is.  Pre-trial release is nothing more than another government program that costs taxpayers money.  Please watch the video and leave your comments.