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High Bail Amounts Lead to Sharp Increase in Franklin, PA, Jail Population

by Dale Chappell

In Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a rural area with about 154,000 residents, high bail amounts are forcing people who can’t afford to purchase their freedom to plead guilty just to get out of jail for what are typically small-time misdemeanors.

Take, for example, the case of Tiana Lescalleet, ...

 

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