Movement in Mexico City

There has been significant movement towards reforming the pretrial detention system in Mexico City. The Tribunal Superior de Justicia is proposing to create a pretrial services division that would make recommendations on releasing juveniles and then supervise their release (like a probation officer for pretrial release).

Then today the Federal District's legislative assembly proposed to pay bail for first time offenders (juveniles would only have to pay $500 MX or about $45 USD rather than the usual $5000 MX).

Here is the news article (in Spanish): Plans Announced to Cover Bail for First Time Offenders