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Bail Reform: Are the Talked About Costs Misleading?
Jails throughout the country are detaining more and more inmates and county governments are feeling an increased pinch when it comes to housing costs.

On one hand, the logic behind releasing inmates through pretrial services has some merit (on the surface, at least, but we'll get to that in a moment).

If the jails can identify low-level offenders that do not pose a risk to public safety, who haven't hired a bondsman, one might think there's a fiscal benefit in terms of letting them out on their own.

Not only would this save taxpayers a …