There are more people in jail in Milwaukee County, and some defense attorneys say higher bails are to blame.
The sheriff says they currently have 940 people in jail, just 20 short of their maximum capacity. Defense attorney Michael Levine told Channel 12 that judges and court commissioners have been setting higher bail amounts since the suspect in the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack was released on just one thousand-dollars bail. He says many suspects can’t afford to pay the new, higher bails.
Judges in Milwaukee say the spike in prisoners is part of the return to business as usual in the court system.
