[nephihaha]

Back in the 19th century. De Tocqueville talks about American justice favouring the rich since they could post bail and the poor could not. I have seen documentaries about US bail hostels and some of them seem like horrific places as bad as prisons in some other countries and this is before you've been found guilty of anything.

[lazyasciiart]

> I have seen documentaries about US bail hostels

I’m not familiar with this term. Is that an old thing?

[OneDeuxTriSeiGo]

It's a British term for halfway houses specifically for people out on bail.

[lazyasciiart]

Fascinating - apparently they are for people who need a “suitable address” to qualify for bail, generally because they are otherwise homeless. The US doesn’t require any fixed address for bail in general and only the most organized and progressive court systems do anything except let them out the jail door wearing whatever they were arrested in, and lock it behind them: frequently around 10pm once someone gets done with the paperwork.

[nephihaha]

No, I'm not meaning this here. I'm meaning people who cannot afford bail so are kept imprisoned, before even going to trial.

[OneDeuxTriSeiGo]

Oh. NGL I've never heard it used in that context before (as an american)

[lazyasciiart]

In the US people kept on bail are kept in the same jail as people who have already gone to trial and been found guilty of minor crimes.