Family Reunification in Louisville

Andrea shares her story of spending 12 days stuck in the Jefferson County Jail pretrial because of unaffordable cash bail and the effect it had on her 6 children.
In over half of cases in Kentucky, people cannot afford to pay their bail. Black Kentuckians are jailed at a much higher rate than white Kentuckians.
The number of children in Kentucky with a parent in jail is four times the national average. Over two-thirds of the women incarcerated in Kentucky have children.
The Bail Project is a nonprofit that pays bail
and provides support to people for free. No one should be held in jail before trial
simply because they can’t afford their bail. Learn more at bailproject.org.