Makes sense. No wonder Portlandia continues to fester.

The contract for posting bail should be that the defendant returns the money.

I'm thinking this is either the bail find being incredibly naive thinking that criminals will return money to you, or it's a money laundering scheme.

This just tells me the bail amounts are absurdly low.

"In Portland" meaning city law?

So it is their aim to be arrested then. Higher pay

That means they should be paying taxes on it. If not, they are committing tax fraud...a federal crime