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Author: Sarah Willets

Sarah Willets is a freelance reporter based in Durham, N.C.
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Black Mama’s Bail Out and the Abolition of Cash Bail

Sarah Willets
Held for Ransom: Dismantling the Unjust Cash Bail System

When poor women—legally innocent women—can’t pay their bail to get out of jail, whole communities suffer. Here’s what women activists are doing to fix this.

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