Criminal defense
How Community Bail Funds and Collaborative Nullification Are Reducing Racial Disparities in Pre‑Trial Detention
On a chilly March evening in 2024, 27-year-old Jamal Rivera stared at a steel cell door, his future hanging on a $3,200 bail tag he could not afford. A neighbor’s call to a local bail fund sparked a chain of events that saw him released within 48 hours,