[econjack]

But whether you are sent to Rikers or any other jail, you are entering a harsh and often dangerous environment that isolates you from your loved ones, your livelihood and your community.

Here's a novel idea: Don't break the law. Problem solved.

[The Pack Knight]

Here's a novel idea: Don't break the law. Problem solved.

What does that have to do with this article? The article is about people who are detained pre-trial because they cannot afford bail. Pre-trial, as in they have not been convicted of a crime. The law still affords those people the presumption that they have not broken the law, until it is proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt at a fair trial that they have.