Subject category:
Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Published by:
Columbia CaseWorks, Columbia Business School
Version: March 15, 2022
Length: 20 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics:
Cash bail; Incarceration; Trial; Justice; Defendant; The Bail Project; Bail fund; Python; Logistics
Abstract
Bail funds, organizations that collect money to post bail for community members who are eligible for cash bail to stay out of jail until the time of their trial, have grown throughout US history, buoyed by major civil rights events such as the Red Scares, Civil Rights movements, Vietnam War Protests, among others. Given the volume of potential community members who would benefit from bail fund assistance and the plethora of defendant information required to process the bail payments, such funds like the Springfield Bail Fund face a logistical and management challenge.
Teaching and learning
This item is suitable for undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education courses.Time period
The events covered by this case took place in 2022.Geographical setting
Region:
Americas
Country:
United States
Subject category:
Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Published by:
Columbia CaseWorks, Columbia Business School
Version: February12, 2024
Length: 4 pages
Data source: Field research
Subject category:
Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Published by:
Columbia CaseWorks, Columbia Business School
Format:
.zip
Data source: Field research
Topics:
Cash bail; Incarceration; Trial; Justice; Defendant; The Bail Project; Bail fund; Python; Logistics
Notes: This zip file contains 3 x .pdf files
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Abstract
Bail funds, organizations that collect money to post bail for community members who are eligible for cash bail to stay out of jail until the time of their trial, have grown throughout US history, buoyed by major civil rights events such as the Red Scares, Civil Rights movements, Vietnam War Protests, among others. Given the volume of potential community members who would benefit from bail fund assistance and the plethora of defendant information required to process the bail payments, such funds like the Springfield Bail Fund face a logistical and management challenge.
Teaching and learning
This item is suitable for undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education courses.Settings
Time period
The events covered by this case took place in 2022.Geographical setting
Region:
Americas
Country:
United States
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Subject category:
Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Published by:
Columbia CaseWorks, Columbia Business School
Version: February12, 2024
Length: 4 pages
Data source: Field research
Subject category:
Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management
Published by:
Columbia CaseWorks, Columbia Business School
Format:
.zip
Data source: Field research
Topics:
Cash bail; Incarceration; Trial; Justice; Defendant; The Bail Project; Bail fund; Python; Logistics
Notes: This zip file contains 3 x .pdf files