"Nearly half a million people who are presumed innocent are sitting in jail cells across America," Glover said. "Most of them are there for one reason only: they cannot afford…
On our one-year anniversary in Louisville, Site Manager Shameka Parrish-Wright sat down with Thomas Gibbs, the first client we paid bail for there. With Kentucky's high pretrial incarceration rates, The…
We are a dedicated group of individuals spread across America, many of whom have been personally impacted by the criminal justice system. We are policy experts, lawyers, data analysts, criminal…
The Bail Project employs over 100 people, all scattered throughout the country. In 2019, we gathered together for the first time in Los Angeles to mark our anniversary. We shared…
For as long as there have been jail cells and bondage in America, families and communities have pooled their resources together to try to purchase the freedom of their loved…
Ramel, who was trying to help a neighbor when officers arrested him and booked him in jail, was unable to afford bail, leaving him with two choices: plead guilty or…