Minorities in the criminal justice system 2015, para. 30
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Minorities may face more frequent or longer periods of pretrial detention owing to: lack of access to a lawyer; lesser quality of the lawyers assigned to them; discriminatory attitudes shown by police and prosecutors, judges or even the lawyers assigned to defend them; ill preparedness with respect to responding to criminal procedures owing to poverty, stigmatization or lack of knowledge; or socioeconomics-related inability to post bail or otherwise meet conditions for release.