The Pretrial Justice Institute has just released new statistics on the people we are keeping in our tax-funded jails;  61% are sitting there, waiting for a day in court.  And while they sit, they grow tired and discouraged.  So they are more likely to accept guilty pleas and spent unnecessary time in our jails and tax-funded prisons.  See the original report at

http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epretrial%2Eorg%2FReports%2FPJI%2520Reports%2FDispelling%2520the%2520Myths%2520%2528November%25202012%2529%2Epdf&urlhash=cgeQ&_t=tracking_anet

and a discussion of it at
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