Several concepts and procedures exist for evading remand confinement, which correspond to various detention imposition regimes.
Courts around the globe must select between three choices for the suspect: complete freedom, conditional bail, and remand custody.
Two strategies may be identified to escape remand custody: the English (or other Common Law) and Polish and French practices.
The German model differs in that a legal hurdle must be cleared to impose remand custody (implying certain thresholds, excluding minor offences and a certain degree of risk of absconding or collusion).
Non-incarcerative interventions are intended primarily as alternatives to confinement and should be able to avoid net-widening consequences.
Alternatives to pretrial detention may take various forms, typically with obligations imposed on the offender, such as:
Bail is a status that permits the suspect to appear before the court or police on the condition that they return to court for their trial or forfeit the bail.