ACLU hosts meeting to discuss reforming the process of bonding out of jail

Carina Branson
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The ACLU of Kansas is hosting a meeting to discuss reforming the process of bonding out of jail Thursday night.

This meeting is bringing together members of the community concerned that people are being held for unfair bonds on smaller crimes.

The ACLU is teaming up with local bondsmen to discuss why they think the bailout process needs some updating.

Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter says many crimes involving things like DUIs fall under OR bonds and do not require a cash value to bond out.

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One ACLU team member says that bonds do not cover things like parole violations, and a push needs to happen to change that.

Sheriff Easter says if there are changes to be made, they must be thorough.

“When we’re talking about reform, we need to be very cognizant about what that reform means if there’s absolute differences on a misdemeanor bond that someone who had money so there bonds set at this which they can make, someone else who doesn’t have money a bond was set they couldn’t make maybe we need to take a look at that,” he said.

Sheriff Easter says he is highly against some of the reforms coming from both coasts that allow violent offenders to get out more easily.

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