Paying bail is not necessarily an incarcerated person's preferred way to spend money, but it is a necessary expense to get out of jail quickly. When you spend money on bail, may want to know if you can offset the cost by deducting the amount on your annual income tax return. The bail bond team at A & J Coggins Bonding, located in Covington, GA and serving residents in the Rockdale, Newton, and Walton Counties, explain if a bail bond is tax deductible. Although you may think that bail is a taxable expense because it is a payment made to the government, bail is considered a fine rather than a tax. Bail money serves as a guarantee that incarcerated people will return to court for their trial after they are released from jail. Even if the term
...s locked up. Money owed for various things—such as credit cards, auto loans, mortgages, child support, taxes, and more—will be waiting on the outside world whether an ex-convict is ready for them or not. In addition, most ex-convicts are required to pay for court fees, fines, and restitution (Ross and Richards, 150).
When bailing an accused person it usually means they are set out with a set of rules or with a surety (a person who promises to supervise an accused person while they are out on bail). If the offender does not break the conditions made by the court, the bonds person will not have to pay any of the bail fees, therefore making it free. “In some cases, a bail hearing, which is like a short trial, is held and a judge or a justice of the peace decides whether the accused will get out on bail.” I find that the bail system is not effective because the quote says they will see if the person is able to get out of bail and be set free due to his actions, but can’t there be serious offenders that just act nice during bail just to get out and do another offense? This also applies when they are still in bail. “Keyfer Dykstra was on police bail when he was involved in the gang murder of a 19-year-old man.” Keyfer was a 14-year old guy and was on bail for confidential reasons but was able to re-offend because of bail. This also shows that if we give people a chance to get away using bail, they would not learn of what their wrongdoings were and most likely re-offend. Removing bail will
The principle of bail is basic to our system of justice and its practice as old as English law itself. When the administration of criminal justice was in its infancy, arrest for serious crime meant imprisonment without preliminary hearing and long periods of time could occur between apprehension and the arrival of the King's Justices to hold court. It was therefore a matter of utmost importance to a person under arrest to be able to obtain a provisional release from custody until his case was called. This was also the desideratum of the medieval sheriff, the representative of the Crown in criminal matters,
No, under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
From 1992 to 2006, bail has rise from twenty-five and four hundred dollar to fifty-five and five hundred dollar (Reese). “The idea that somebody goes and sits in Rikers Island (jail in New York City) and endures all of the hardship of that simply because they don’t have $500 or $1,000 is truly offensive and serves no public purpose,” said Jamie Fellner of Human Rights Watch (Reese). Intending to gain monetary or Profit motive of offender that cannot afford cash bail post is an unfair advantage. Laws that put a cap on bails and fees a bondsperson can collect. This law will prevent bail from being unaffordable and the jails be full of people who are stuck in jail because they cannot post cash bail or afford a bondsperson. Bondsperson should accept bonds that are less than a thousand dollar but include other collateral with the fee, such as titles to car, home, or property, that will be refunded once they show up for all court
The purpose of bail, as defined by the Nebraska Statute, is to ensure that the
Taxpayers pay for so many things like law enforcement, construction work, fire fighter services, and etc. Part of what they pay every year goes to the medical department in jails and prisons. Taxpayers should not pay for the health care of inmates. They pay for incurable medical conditions. They should not pay for inmates with mental illness. Lastly, taxpayers should not pay for their oral needs. They have so much to worry about; inmates and their needs should be the last thing they should worry about. They should not pay for incurable medical conditions, mental illnesses, or oral care.
Juvenile detention facilities help change a delinquent's life and guide them towards success. These centers put effort into changing bad behavior into good behavior for the adolescents. “Juvenile detention centers can help adolescents, even those who are repeat offenders, turn their lives around before they commit crimes as adults and wind up in prisons” (“The Purpose of a Juvenile Detention Center”). This proves that juvenile detention centers want the juveniles to have the ability to change their lives around and have a successful future. Juvenile detention facilities also try to develop goals for the delinquents, this leads them in the right direction and toward a positive life. “Well-run juvenile detention centers help adolescents develop
can become a major source of income, not only for the inmate, but also for
The National Association of State Budget Officers expenditure report from the fiscal year 2009 states that 5% of state spending, about $48 billion annually, supports corrections (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2011). The federal government is spending 1.8% of our tax dollars on prisons (Frugal Dad, 2011), which amounts to about $45 billion (Williams, 2009). So, it seems that the states and federal government are sharing the burde...
Prisons require an abundance of money to be run properly and effectively. By using taxes to pay for prisons, the American public pays to support the lives of inmates and all of their needs. Prisoners require food, drink, beds, supplies for doing other activities and all of the overlooked things in normal life that go along with these necessities. Inmates have special needs, like all of us do. Inmates require medical care, for example, some have AIDS or other diseases that require medicine which cumulate large bills over time.
Bail furthers the presumption of innocence until guilt is absolutely proven, beyond the shadow of a doubt. If it weren’t for bail, the accused suspect would virtually be serving a sentence for a crime he or she has not been convicted of committing. Excessive bail has the same effect. The idea behind bail is to make sure the accused is present during the trial. If one’s bail is , in fact, excessive, the amount is set higher than is reasonable.
With prisons growing at the rate they are now, there must be more funding. 1 out of every 131 U.S citizens is incarcerated. The rest of the citizens have to pay for this person to have a place to sleep, eat, and exercise out of their taxes. These taxes can and should be used for more important issues. I...
Taxes help your community. They are what funds public projects and helps the police department along with other community services.
Pollock and Wright defines bailment as- " Bailment is a relationship sui generis and unless it is sought to increase or diminish the burden imposed upon the bailee by the very fact of bailment, it is not necessary to incorporate it into the law of contract and to prove a