The action has attracted over 200 volunteers to free women and young people in New York City who are jailed because they cannot afford to post bail.
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Mass Bail Out
In October 2018, RFK Human Rights freed more than 100 people from New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail who were incarcerated pretrial because they couldn’t afford their bail. The effort highlighted how money bail discriminates against people of color and those experiencing poverty—generating unprecedented demand for reform.
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RFK Young Leaders generated almost 200 sign-ups for the Dollar Bail Brigade, a coalition of volunteers who free people from jails who couldn’t otherwise pay their bail.
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RFK Human Rights Bails Out 16-Year-Old Rosalyn “Bird” Holmes From Adult Prison
“There is no need for a cash bail to incarcerate a 16-year-old girl pre-trial.”
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