ABSTRACT
This chapter concludes the book, summarizing the findings detailed in the prior chapters and providing a synthesis of their theoretical and practical implications. Toward this end, this chapter revisits the relationship between pretrial detention and mass incarceration, showing how the former contributes to the latter and how this relationship exacerbates racial disparities. This chapter also revisits the collateral consequences of detention, highlighting the comparability in consequences for people who are and are not convicted. In reviewing these issues, this chapter again engages constitutional concerns related to innocence and punishment, highlighting the hollowness of the former given the extensiveness of the latter. This chapter concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of this book, with particular attention to current bail reform and pretrial justice efforts across the country.
