subject: Are Bail Bond Companies Necessary In Society? [print this page] There are many agencies offering bail bonds Dallas TX to people who have been detained by the police. Licensed bail agents pay money to have an accused person released on the understanding that the accused shall present himself/herself to the court whenever his/her case is up for hearing. Once the case is finalized the money reverts to the agent. Naturally, the bail agent is not helping the accused out of sheer altruism. The agency will earn a percentage of the bail amount and in the meantime it will take some form of collateral from the accused to guarantee the bond. So, the question is, does the agency really help people in need or are they just profiteering from other people's misfortunes?
To answer this question, one needs to look at it from the accused person's point of view. Many people who are arrested for minor offences or white collar crimes face the unpleasant prospect of spending time in custody despite not being a danger to the society. Take the example of a person arrested on suspicion of embezzling money from his/her employer. In the first place he/she is assumed to be innocent of the charges until the prosecution convinces the court otherwise. Secondly, he/she is not harmful to him/herself, his/her family or neighbors. This suspect may not have the cash to pay for his/her own bail and which might doom him/her to spending a lot of time behind bars waiting for his/her trial to conclude. People in these situations are grateful for bail bonds Dallas TX even if they have to pay a premium for the service.
In as much as bail agents benefit from people who are in a legal bind they help to save such arrested individuals from a lot of anguish. Prisons are populated by all sorts of people some of whom are hardened repeat offenders. Gang members, murderers and psychopaths can all be found in American jails. Violence in jails is well documented and newly arrested people can be very vulnerable to violence from jailbirds with whom they are detained. If a suspect cannot make bail then he or she ends up in this situation regardless of the fact that he/she is still assumed to be innocent and might actually be. Bail agents armed with their bail bonds Dallas TX save many people from being locked up in jail where they are likely to suffer harm courtesy of fellow inmates.
The presence of bail agents with their bail bonds Dallas TX has an extended impact on the justice system as a whole. The cost of housing an inmate is very high and the state is obliged to provide for all inmates under its care. More than half of the inmates in most jails are people still waiting for trial or disposition. If everyone could not afford bail the population of inmates would grow to a volume that states can no longer accommodate. Bail agents are in effect helping to prevent overcrowding in jails and in the process helping the government to reduce its expenses. At the end of the day bail agents are important to the society because they save taxpayers lots of money whilst helping many individuals who are in dire need of assistance.
