{"product_id":"the-bail-trap-robin-steinberg-9781620978429","title":"The Bail Trap: A Scandal at the Heart of American Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the renowned founder of The Bail Project, an eye-opening book about why we allow money to play any role in the administration of justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver 90 percent of people held in jail pretrial because they cannot pay cash bail will plead guilty, whether they committed a crime or not. Cash bail not only creates a two-tier system of justice--one for those with money and one for those without--it also drives racial disparities in the criminal justice system and is responsible for almost all net jail growth in America over the past two decades. There is perhaps no other component of America's justice system that is so broken, yet completely integral to the current operation of our courts, as bail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith engaging and accessible prose, Robin Steinberg, founder and CEO of The Bail Project, and her colleague Camilo Ramirez tell the shocking true stories of people jailed by poverty while also detailing: \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe history of bail, from its inception in medieval England, as an incentive for people to return to court, to modern America where it is a \"mechanism for detention\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe roles lawyers, judges, and legislators have in the legal system and how and why they have become complicit in excessive bail \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow the current bail system undermines the promise of a fair and just system and the U.S. Constitution \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeffective alternatives to cash bail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Race to Incarcerate\u003c\/em\u003e by Marc Mauer and James Kilgore's \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Mass Incarceration\u003c\/em\u003e, Steinberg, whose previous book was called \"powerfully insightful reading\" by \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ramirez provide an unprecedented look at America's cash bail system and inspire us to imagine a better, fairer way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Steinberg,Camilo Ramirez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620978423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620978429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Robin Steinberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440550129919,"sku":"9781620978429","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a30b63a-f547-4ce6-8dda-0a4fad12cdd5.jpg?v=1777183184","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bail-trap-robin-steinberg-9781620978429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}