[lfodofod]

Cash bail totally exists in the UK, even if uncommon.

I’ve had to hand over money to get a friend out after he was arrested due to an extradition request.

> If you've done something very bad, or are a big flight risk you will not be granted bail, but again, not a money issue

It absolutely is a money issue. The bigger surety you can put up, the less those things matter.

[stu432]

It absolutely is not. It's about risk of absconding. Secondly, no, cash bail is not a thing in the UK. Someone being arrested in the UK for extradition is not part of the UK justice system, they are merely passing through at the request of a foreign nation. Unsurprisingly, foreign nationals can't have their passport taken away by a foreign country, who'd have thought?!?!??!

[lfodofod]

You are very confidently wrong, but still wrong.

>It's about risk of absconding

And putting up a bigger deposit obviously helps address that risk.

>Secondly, no, cash bail is not a thing in the UK

It is. In the UK it’s called a bail security. It’s not common, but absolutely a thing.

See on lexisnexis https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/guidance/securities-suret...

>Someone being arrested in the UK for extradition is not part of the UK justice system

Absolutely is, and the rules regarding bail are the same.

>Unsurprisingly, foreign nationals can't have their passport taken away by a foreign country, who'd have thought?!?!?

What? Of course they can. It’s not at all unusual for people bailed for crimes in the UK to be required to surrender their foreign passports.