Bail Industry Features

If you've never been asked to help get someone out of jail before, the idea of needing to hire a bail bonds company can seem completely foreign.

Sure, all companies are required to charge the same rate but that's not to say that all companies are alike.  When you do start to call around these are the three most important questions you'll want to ask your bondsman before deciding who to go with.

What hours does the company keep?  Just because someone picks up the phone in the middle of the night doesn't guarantee the agent you're talking to posts bail …

The debate of how to handle pretrial inmates has been going on for half a century.

On one side, you have advocacy groups who say people are innocent until proven guilty and they shouldn't have to pay anything to get out of jail pending trial.  For them, a simple promise to appear is sufficient enough, and they feel it's up to society as a whole to make sure the defendant lives up to that obligation.

On the other side, you have others who point out that if someone has been arrested it's because there was probable cause to do so.  They …

Finding out that a friend or family member has been handcuffed and taken to jail can have you feeling as if you've lost your breath.

But the good news is that you don't have to go through this alone- and there are ways to make sure your loved one gets out of jail fast.  If you've received an "I've been arrested" phone call, be sure to keep these three things in mind.

Assume this is the only time you'll get to talk to them.   The one phone call that you hear about on television is a myth- some defendants are able …

Law enforcement agencies all over the country are warning people about the latest flavor of bail bonds scam.

Late last year, a grandfather was targeted by an unknown caller saying his granddaughter had been arrested on drug charges and it was going to cost $1,800 to get her out of jail. But if he wired a bail bonds payment through Western Union, she'd be released from custody right away.

Earlier this year, Philadelphia residents started getting calls from con artists who were pretending to be calling on behalf of the police or sheriff's department.  In this scam, the fake officer was …