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Tens of thousands sit in immigration jail, separated from their families and unable to afford the rising price of freedom. You can help today, #FreeThePeopleDay, by donating to your local bond fund. communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory @bailfundnetwork
@bailfundnetwork Connecticut has the highest immigration bond amounts in the country - more than twice the national average. But the amazing team @migrantbailfund was still able to get 49 people released on bond in 2019 alone. Support their important work! #FreeThePeopleDay
@bailfundnetwork @migrantbailfund During the first ten months of 2019 judges in Virginia granted bond to more than 1,000 people in immigration jail. But many can’t afford the price and remain caged. @CIFFCville working to change that. cvilleimmigrantfreedomfund.org/give
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I will be on here all day tomorrow tweeting for #FreeThePeopleDay. I hope some of you will join me. There's nothing quite like ringing in the new yr by working in concert w other ppl who care to get ppl free -- ppl who are currently being caged bc they are poor and/or a migrant.
This will be my 3rd yr working on #FreeThePeopleDay. The ask we extend is that folks donate the cost of a NYE drink to a local bail fund, or more if they are able and moved to do so. At least $25K of those donations will be matched. Helping to push the hashtag is also a big deal.
.@prisonculture spontaneously created this event a few years ago, the night before NYE. The idea took off and folks have since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to get people free.
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When judges set bail on my clients’ cases as low as $500, 87% of them cannot afford to pay it. That’s for offenses like trespassing & petit larceny.

It costs NYC, $475 a night to detain someone on Rikers’ Island.

You do the math.

psmag.com/economics/our-… via @pacificstand
When I started as a public defender, I thought judges set bail at $500 honestly - if mistakenly - believing that it was a token amount most people could pay.

Then I smartened up. Judges know exactly what we do: that $500 bail will hold poor people in jail & coerce pleas.
Until NYC and other cities do something about cash bail, please donate to bail funds across the country like @BKBailFund. $500 will buy a person’a freedom. A donation of $5 from 100 people gets us to $500.
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(THREAD) Why should you give to @FianzaFund (FianzaFund.org/donate) on #FreeThePeopleDay?
We started the fund in collaboration with detained comrades in WTX and NM, who identified the need for a solidarity fund. Since January, we've posted over 50 bonds, made hundreds of $$ in commissary/phone payments, and supported families through bond hearings and release.
Grassroots fundraising and cmty volunteers allowed us to post nearly $300K in bonds this year, all without staff or overhead. We follow-up with people we bond out to help them navigate court dates and life outside detention.

Also, #CumbiaContraLaMigra! texasstandard.org/stories/el-pas…
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