A 7th Judicial District public defense attorney will discuss the challenges of the cash-bail system and the disadvantages it presents for low-income people who get arrested, in a talk sponsored by the Ridgway-Ouray Community Council on Friday.

Kori Zapletal, attorney with the public defender’s office in Montrose, will explain how the cash bail system works, how it unfairly disadvantages low-income people, and why groups like the American Civil Liberties Union are fighting to abolish it. Zap...