My name is Alice Minium, and I strongly support this bill. Through my work with a community bail fund, I have repeatedly encountered significant barriers when trying to secure the release of clients who have met all legal conditions for bond. In multiple instances, magistrates have refused to release individuals despite confirmation from the Sheriff’s Office, Pretrial Services, and Public Defenders that all requirements were met. In one case, a magistrate accepted cash bail but refused release without providing any legal basis; the client was only released the following day when a different magistrate was on duty. I don't know why this happens but it is extremely frustrating for my client and for me. The only time that I was able to prevent this from happening again in a locality was by calling again the following day and requesting to file a complaint. I didn't actually file one, but I think that I should have and would have had the form not been an extremely intimidating PDF buried deep in the state court website. Increasing the visibility and accessibility of complaint forms in magistrate offices ensures accountability and protects the due process rights of the criminal-legally impacted and the integrity of our courts. If nothing else, it creates a record of grievances. I don't see a downside to making the complaint process more accessible. That being said, an enormous amount of money is at the disposal of our judicial system and our jails already and if this bill was to become policy, it should come as a directive for the use of their existing funds and not a basis for appropriating additional funds to our jails and to our courts.