Its jails bursting, Philadelphia seeks bail system changes

Thursday, December 3, 2015

PHILADELPHIA -- More than 7,800 men and women sit in Philadelphia's overcrowded jails, three-quarters of them languishing while they await trial under a bail system critics call outmoded and cities -- and the White House -- are working to change.

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