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When AI Decides on Your Bail
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine how algorithms are increasingly used to set bail amounts and predict flight risk in the U.S. criminal justice system. They focus on the specific case of New Jersey, which reformed its bail system in 2017 to rely on a risk-assessment tool called the Public Safety Assessment (PSA). The hosts walk through how the PSA works, the data it uses, and the troubling findings from a 2024 study that showed the tool underestimated risk for Black defendants by over 10 percent compared to white defendants. The conversation explores the tension between efficiency and…
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