Comments of the Philadelphia Bail Fund, to the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
All Rise represented the Philadelphia Bail Fund in making comments on proposed changes to rules regarding bail and pretrial detention. The comments explain that numerous changes to the rules do not go far enough or affirmatively create new problems in the pretrial detention system, including specifically increasing the likelihood that people with mental health or addiction issues will be detained pretrial—all the more concerning in light of how the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored dangers imposed by pretrial detention.