If you haven’t seen the recent op-ed from Nina Salerno Ashford regarding the timeliness of implementing post-conviction bail in California, than please click on the link to read it.
Once you do, I am sure you will agree with me that it makes tremendous sense. As she correctly points out, the State's realignment plan will shift State prisoners to already over-crowded local jail facilities. Post-conviction bail is a valuable tool to help alleviate jail overcrowding by allowing certain offenders, at the discretion of the court, to serve all or part of his or her sentence out of custody on a post-conviction bail. This is a thoughtful approach to jail population management that takes advantage of the public safety-minded benefits of the well-established bail system in California.
The concept of post-conviction bail is not an entirely novel idea. AIA, along with many other sureties, worked together over 10 years ago to craft a post-conviction bond model bill. Since that time, several states have passed such legislation. Nowhere in the country is this concept more appropriate than in California, due to the extreme need for public safety solutions to California's prison and jail overcrowding and the current plan of realigning a portion of the State's prisoners to local jails. The American Bail Coalition, along with CBAA and GSBAA are working together, to try to make post-conviction bonds a reality in California.
I look forward to hearing your comments.
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Brian Nairin, President & CEO of AIA, blogging about the bail bond industry. AIA (Allegheny Casualty, International Fidelity and Associated Bond) is the largest and oldest bail bond insurance company in the nation.
Friday, July 15, 2011
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- Behind the Paper with Brian Nairin
- Brian Nairin is a nationally recognized expert in bail law who graduated with honors from Loyola Law School and was admitted to the California Bar in 1989. In 1997, Brian became President of Associated Bond. In the same year, he was elected President of the National Association of Bail Insurance Companies (NABIC), which was recently replaced by the American Bail Coalition (ABC). Brian serves as an officer of International Fidelity Insurance Company (IFIC) and Allegheny Casualty Company (ACC). In 2003, the bail underwriting functions of IFIC and ACC for the entire United States were moved to Calabasas in 2003 under the direction and leadership of Brian where he became President and CEO of what is now the AIA family of companies. Additionally, Brian has served as the primary educator for the California Bail Agents Association’s (CBAA) continuing education curriculum. Moreover, Brian has been retained to serve as an expert in numerous litigation and regulatory matters relating to bail. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Strike Back!
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