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fromTruthout
5 days ago
Social justice

New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and "Unconstitutional" System of Cash Bail

For-profit cash bail and criminalization of poverty and mental illness trap people in pretrial detention, causing deaths and coerced guilty pleas.
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago
Social justice

A Musical Indictment of the Harris County Jail in "Criminal"

Cash-bail policies force poor defendants to await trial in harsh jail conditions, undermining the presumption of innocence and causing prolonged incarceration.
fromTruthout
5 days ago
Social justice

New Film Exposes Deadly Houston Jail and "Unconstitutional" System of Cash Bail

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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

A Musical Indictment of the Harris County Jail in "Criminal"

Harris County Jail houses over 9,000 people, masks systemic injustice with fake windows, high cash bail, and disproportionate pretrial detention of Black and Brown women.
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