The Power of the Bail Bondsmen

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

[note: buzz at beginning of tape]

Court reporter Michael Pearl and Judy Daniels, the Assistant Editor of New York Magazine, talk about Pearl's article, "Hard Times on Bail Bond Row." The article is about how bondsmen used to wield tremendous powers in the New York City criminal court system. But new reforms have tried to curtail the seedier side of the bail bonds system.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 151711
Municipal archives id: T4776

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