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Bail Project staffer describes local work, statistics and racial disparities at Missoula talk
Summary
Riley Pavlich of the Bail Project said her office on the Flathead Reservation has paid bail for more than 300 people, reported high court-return rates, and highlighted racial disparities in Montana incarceration cited in a 2021 Department of Corrections report.
Riley Pavlich, a Bail Project employee who runs the Montana program from Pablo on the Flathead Reservation, told a Missoula audience on Oct. 1 that her office has posted bail for more than 300 people and operates a revolving charitable bail fund that recovers posted bail when cases conclude.
Pavlich said the national Bail Project has bailed about 33,000 people and that the organization reports a roughly 92% court-return rate nationally. On the Flathead Reservation, she said, the program has achieved a 94% court-return rate and last month saw a 98% return rate for her clients.
"We pay bail for people. We have a revolving cash bail fund...we have lost 0 bails in the 4 years that the Bail Project has been…
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