Nearly 20,000 more people would have been released from jail without bail before trial in 2018 if New York’s statewide bail reforms had been in place then, according to a study published Monday by John Jay College’s Data Collaborative for Justice.

Using New York City Office of Court Administration data, the John Jay researchers found that release without bail would have been required in 90% of 2018 cases if bail reform were in place at that time. In reality, people charged but not convicted of crimes in 2018 were released without bail in 76% of the cases that continued beyond arraignment, researchers reported.

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