Mar, 03 2021 (On Point) In this 2016 file photo, detainees wait in a cell for an appearance in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli, File/AP Photo) What happens when people can’t post cash bail? They’re stuck in jail. For months. In some cases, years, before they ever get to trial. Recently, Illinois became the first state to eliminate cash bail. What kind of system should states have instead? Guests Christine Scott-Hayward, professor of Law, criminology and criminal justice at California State University, Long Beach. Co-author of “Punishing Poverty.” (@cscotthayward) Sharone Mitchell, director of the Illinois Justice Project. Former trial attorney with the Cook County Public Defender’s Office. (@SharoneMitchJr)