$2 Billion Bail Bond Industry Threatened by Lawsuit Against San Francisco

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Beth Chapman and other bail agents showed up at Oakland's federal courthouse to defend their industry against a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of money bail. Photo by Sukey Lewis/KQED

By Sukey Lewis, KQED News Fix

Last year, Carlos Valiente found himself in a place he had never been before: San Francisco’s county jail.

“Oh man, it was crazy in there,” Valiente said. “They were dragging this one person out of his cell, ’cause he started screaming. He was banging his head on the walls. I was like, man, I am not trying to stay here.”

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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