Since 2000, the annual number of people convicted of crimes in the United States has stayed steady, but the average number of people in jail each year has shot up. How can that be? The answer lies in the bail system— which isn’t doing what it was intended to do. Camilo Ramirez details how the cash bail system disproportionally hurts people in low-income communities and communities of color.

自2000年以来，美国每年被定罪的人数一直保持稳定，但每年入狱的平均人数却猛增。这怎么可能呢？答案在于保释制度--它并没有发挥其本来的作用。卡米洛-拉米雷斯详细介绍了现金保释制度如何不成比例地伤害低收入社区和有色人种社区的人。