It could afford bail.

They are there awaiting trial, often for months, usually because they cannot not afford bail.

Defendants who can't afford bail often hire the services of a private bail-bond agency to front the cash.

In the early twentieth century, county jails were primarily for holding individuals who were awaiting trial that could not afford bail.

He and his best friend Spike Nolan (Candy), the catcher for the Bulls, are arrested and cannot afford bail.

Many are locked up not because they have been judged a threat to public safety, but because they are too poor to afford bail.

He said keeping youths in jail because they cannot afford bail was wrong if it was done "just to appease the bloody thirst of the public."

The proof of this lies in the fact that our jails are filled with men and women who are awaiting trial and cannot afford bail.

The pilot could not afford bail and was thrown in jail.

So how did that guy on Law & Order afford $100,000 bail?