It varies but it mostly boils down to understanding the difference between jail and prison. In a nutshell, jail is where you are put if you are too poor to wait for prison in your own home.
So yeah. Some people get released on parole or house arrest. Some people just get accelerated trials or sent to prison regardless. And a few people inevitably get disappeared.
That said, it isn’t overly uncommon before protests/riots/sporting events where a high number of arrests/detainings are expected to occur.
Yeah, jail is standardly pre conviction. They are innocent people at that point and are being held because they couldn’t post bail or were deemed either to dangerous to release or a flight risk to high.
You can’t put an innocent person in prison, and claiming they are guilty without them going to trial should (if the world was just) put everyone in charge of that decision in prison for violating that person’s rights.
Parole or house arrest makes sense to me… But the issue there to me is why did they hold those people up until then. Make it an optional decision for those who are not a threat to the public. “Do you want an ankle bracelet of some sort and house arrest, or stay here where you know you’ll have a meal.”
A lot of innocent people would be able to keep their jobs and not have their lives ruined. Which would make for an all around better situation. It’s even better for the companies and economy for them to not lose their jobs and keep working if they aren’t a threat.
Which is why some places are getting rid of bail charges. Your either safe or not, how much money you have tucked away shouldn’t matter.
Prison is about whether you’re a danger to the public. Jail is about whether you’ll show up for your trial instead of skipping town (but obviously about being a danger too, those people are held without bail).
It varies but it mostly boils down to understanding the difference between jail and prison. In a nutshell, jail is where you are put if you are too poor to wait for prison in your own home.
So yeah. Some people get released on parole or house arrest. Some people just get accelerated trials or sent to prison regardless. And a few people inevitably get disappeared.
That said, it isn’t overly uncommon before protests/riots/sporting events where a high number of arrests/detainings are expected to occur.
Yeah, jail is standardly pre conviction. They are innocent people at that point and are being held because they couldn’t post bail or were deemed either to dangerous to release or a flight risk to high.
You can’t put an innocent person in prison, and claiming they are guilty without them going to trial should (if the world was just) put everyone in charge of that decision in prison for violating that person’s rights.
Parole or house arrest makes sense to me… But the issue there to me is why did they hold those people up until then. Make it an optional decision for those who are not a threat to the public. “Do you want an ankle bracelet of some sort and house arrest, or stay here where you know you’ll have a meal.”
A lot of innocent people would be able to keep their jobs and not have their lives ruined. Which would make for an all around better situation. It’s even better for the companies and economy for them to not lose their jobs and keep working if they aren’t a threat.
Which is why some places are getting rid of bail charges. Your either safe or not, how much money you have tucked away shouldn’t matter.
Prison is about whether you’re a danger to the public. Jail is about whether you’ll show up for your trial instead of skipping town (but obviously about being a danger too, those people are held without bail).
Thanks for the tl;dr