BAIL OUT the SOUTH: Charlotte

David shares his experience being incarcerated pretrial and held on bail in Charlotte, NC.
BAIL OUT the SOUTH, with a focus on the Deep South, will double The Bail Project’s reach in the southern United States. The median bail in the U.S. is $10,000, representing eight months of income for the typical person held in jail before trial. Bail compounds issues of poverty by increasing the likelihood one will be detained pretrial, which in turn makes it more likely that the incarcerated person will end up with a criminal record.
At its heart, the cash bail crisis is a human story.
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