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Over a five-year period, across eight upstate counties examined, more than 90,000 New Yorkers were held for a day or longer, and more than 45,000 were incarcerated for a week or longer, as they tried to come up with the money for their bail, according to the organization's report.
March 14, 2018 at 10:45 AM
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A New York Civil Liberties Union report documenting cases of upstate New Yorkers detained because of unaffordable cash bail paints a stark picture—in raw numbers.
It says that over a five-year period, across eight counties examined, more than 90,000 New Yorkers were held for a day or longer, and more than 45,000 were incarcerated for a week or longer, as they tried to come up with the money for their bail.
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