When tested head-to-head, a majority of voters chose a vision focused on fully funding community needs like quality schools, jobs, affordable housing, and mental health/addiction treatment, over a traditional "tough-on-crime" platform focused on expanded policing.

Vera Action@veraaction.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If Democrats choose, this can be an election about violence and lawlessness vs. safety and justice. It is their best opportunity to win on an issue that has eluded them for decades. Understand more about how crime is playing a role in the 2026 elections:

“…researchers found no solid evidence that the tool used to guide bail decisions in courtrooms is improving public safety or reducing pretrial jail stays.” Our communities need care not cages.

@captimes.com · 2mo ago

The lab's director, who studied the effectiveness of the county's pretrial risk assessments, questions whether taxpayer money should be spent on the tool.

Yet another example of the system investing in policing & criminalization over community welfare:

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 4w ago

“Whatever funds you’re spending on a camera, you’re not spending on getting someone into treatment.”

It's National Voter Registration Day A common misconception is that anyone with a past criminal conviction is barred from voting, a myth that creates de facto disenfranchisement for many impacted by the system In reality, it varies from state to state: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

This September marks the 69th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. While the Civil Rights Act of 1957 itself was narrow and its enforcement mechanisms weak, its symbolism opened the door for the foundational reforms of 1960, 1964, 1965, and 1968.

The mothers of Black newborns are more likely than those of White newborns to be referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy, according to The Marshall Project’s analysis of child welfare data from eight states. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/16/n...

Moms of Black Newborns Often Flagged to Police Over Drug Use Claims

Child welfare referred Black families to law enforcement 14,000 times, despite not confirming claims of abuse.

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MYTH: Some people need to go to jail to get treatment REALITY: Most people in local jails have substance use disorders, yet only a tiny fraction of jails provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder. Jails are designed for punishment, not care.

Every day, despite limited funding, communities across the country are creating non-carceral solutions to harm, organizing collectively, and building networks of survival when institutions fail.

Sandra Bland's death tells us all we need to know about pretrial detention: it's death-making. Sandra's bail was set at $5,000 following her arrest in Texas on July 10, 2015, after a traffic stop. She was able to make a call from jail after seeing a judge, confirming that her bail had been set.

It costs about $70,000 each year to imprison one person in the United States. For women, who are the fastest-growing incarcerated population in the country, that cost is 25 to 75 percent higher, according to a new report shared with The 19th. https://bit.ly/4oKpuBy

National Bail Out@nationalbailout.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If there is anything worth celebrating today, it is the resilience and strength that Black communities have demonstrated across generations in the ongoing struggle to move the U.S. closer to the democratic ideals it proclaims but has yet to realize fully.  mailchi.mp/nationalbailout/july2026

As the U.S. marks 250 years, Black mutual aid traditions remind us that democracy has never depended solely on the State's promises.  It has depended on the capacity of everyday people to care for one another, to organize collectively, and to build networks of survival when institutions fail.

If you're looking for other reparations options for Juneteenth, National Bail Out is a great one www.nationalbailout.org

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National Bail Out is a Black-led and centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers, and activists building a community-based movement to support Black communities entangled in the criminal p...

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National Bail Out@nationalbailout.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy #Juneteenth family! Today we remember those taken from us at the hands of the State and those currently held hostage by it. Because Juneteenth is about understanding what freedom means, who it has been denied to, and what it will take to from all of us to make it real.

Happy #Juneteenth family! Today we remember those taken from us at the hands of the State and those currently held hostage by it. Because Juneteenth is about understanding what freedom means, who it has been denied to, and what it will take to from all of us to make it real.

Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.

What Being Trans in Prison Is Really Like

Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.

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In honor of today's anniversary of her acquittal, I am re-sharing a piece I wrote in my newsletter a couple of years ago about the effort to bail Angela Davis out of jail: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Prisons, Prose & Protest - #12

Rants, Musings & More

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>>its my birthday month, I have eaten, paid rent, and have my other basic needs met rn, if you have too, consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social for the gemini mamas n caregivers being held. Families belong together, bail is garbage, happy pride!! 💜💐🌈

National Bail Out@nationalbailout.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Mother’s Day may be over, but mothers are still in the carceral system. Our partners are still bailing out Black mamas and caregivers all month long and offering resources to every person we free. ♥️ #FreeBlackMamas at bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026

Mother’s Day may be over, but mothers are still in the carceral system. Our partners are still bailing out Black mamas and caregivers all month long and offering resources to every person we free. ♥️ #FreeBlackMamas at bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026

Philadelphia Community Bail Fund@phillybailout.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Know a Black woman, mother or caregiver who needs bail help? Refer them to us! Call our Bail Hotline at 267-225-6047 or apply online at www.phillybailout.org Black transgender or gender non-conforming people may also apply. Referrals close June 14th. #FreeBlackMamas

Money kept them in. Black love got them out. 💜 Black maternal health extends to every system that touches Black Mamas and their families. BMMA stands with National Bail Out and every Black Mama who deserves to be home. Learn more at nationalbailout.org. #FreeBlackMamas

Know a Black woman, mother or caregiver who needs bail help? Refer them to us! Call our Bail Hotline at 267-225-6047 or apply online at www.phillybailout.org Black transgender or gender non-conforming people may also apply. Referrals close June 14th. #FreeBlackMamas

Thanks to the support from individual donors like you, we’ve raised $275,350. We are so grateful! ❤️ But the work isn’t over! We’re still bailing out Black mamas and caregivers all month long and offering resources to every person we free. Continue to #FreeBlackMamas at bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026

This Mother’s Day, please share (and donate if you can), about this very important organization that is working to keep moms out of jails and prisons and with their families where they belong ♥️♥️ secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...

Give to @nationalbailout.bsky.social this #MothersDay and #FreeBlackMamas now! bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026 A simple traffic stop can mean spending months in jail if you can’t afford a $500 ball. Black mamas and caregivers are more likely to lose their children, housing, jobs, and peace of mind.

Scott Hechinger@scotthech.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This Mother’s Day, nearly 150,000 mothers will spend the day apart from their children. 58% of all women in U.S. prisons are mothers. 80% of women in jails, including many who are incarcerated awaiting trial simply bc they can’t afford bail. Read: www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/03...

Cash bail is one of the clearest examples of how poverty gets criminalized in the U.S. Every day people sit in cages before they’ve been convicted of anything simply because they cannot afford to buy their freedom. It’s not too late to #FreeBlackMamas: bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026 💕

My favorite place to donate to on Mother's Day: www.nationalbailout.org It is not too late to support #FreeBlackMamas!

Went through old emails + discovered I first gave to #FreeBlackMamas in 2017, which means this is my 10th anniversary of giving the gift of liberation, thanks to @nationalbailout.bsky.social💝 It's not too late to start your own #MothersDay tradition of breaking open cages! bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026

National Bail Out@nationalbailout.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last year, we freed 104 people from cages and provided services ranging from long-term housing to grief and trauma counseling. This year, help us bail out more folks than ever before! #FreeBlackMamas at bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026 💕

Hey, this is a... complex holiday. Wanna join me and @joshpage.bsky.social in supporting National Bail Out and the Black Mama's Bail Out fund? secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb... #FreeBlackMamas #MothersDay

Donate to #FreeBlackMamas

With your generous support we are able to continue to bail out community members, provide life-changing supportive services and resource groups who are organizing to transform the criminal justice sys...

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Last year, we freed 104 people from cages and provided services ranging from long-term housing to grief and trauma counseling. This year, help us bail out more folks than ever before! #FreeBlackMamas at bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026 💕

Giving to @nationalbailout.bsky.social’s Mother’s Day Free Black Mama’s in honor of my mom, who I love dearly, and all the other women in my life who have mothered me! I love my mom, AND I like her, and I feel blessed that that is true!

Join the movement to bring moms home this #MothersDay! Most women in local jails right now are only there because they can't afford their bail—not because they've been convicted of a crime. Donate to @nationalbailout now and help reunite moms with their families: benjerrys.co/4dhpMKI