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301 Suffolk Inmates Released After NY State Bail Reform Takes Effect, Sheriff Says 301 Suffolk Inmates Released After NY State Bail Reform Takes Effect, Sheriff Says
301 Suffolk Inmates Released After NY State Bail Reform Takes Effect, Sheriff Says Hundreds of inmates on Long Island are back on the street due to the state’s new Bail Reform Legislation, which ended cash bail for all misdemeanor and non-violent felony offenders in New York. The new reform, which took effect as of Wednesday, Jan. 1, 301 inmates in Suffolk County were released by the courts, according to the Sheriff’s Office. In the past, those inmates would have been held on bail or bond, depending on the severity of the crime and the inmates’ criminal histories. “Judges used to have some discretion on whether or not an individual should be held on bail,” Sheriff Errol T…

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