Simply unconscionable. I found out about this recently and many people I&#x27;ve ranted to about it seem to think it&#x27;s just one of the costs of being a criminal.<p>I guess we&#x27;ve just gotten so &quot;tough on crime&quot; that we&#x27;ve forgotten that many people in jail are there without having been convicted. Moreover, I don&#x27;t think a lot of people realize that the only reason many of those people are in prison at all is just because they can&#x27;t afford bail to get out before their trial date.