Senators Take Aim at Bail Industry Backers
Two U.S. senators are asking bail industry backers for answers.
The mention of “bails bonds” can conjure familiar images: red neon signs glowing near a county jail, or the leather vest, dark sunglasses and blond mane of reality show star Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Usually not a skyscraper or office building.
But insurance companies form the quiet backbone of the industry, underwriting the vast majority of the millions of bail bonds written each year while undergoing little public scrutiny.
Two senators want to requesting details of their finances and their relationships with the bail bond agents they underwrite.
