Jailed moms to get bailed out for Mother’s Day
Childcare can create complications for any working parent, but for Shalice Williams, the stakes were especially high: she was due to check in with her probation officer and was told she couldn’t bring her three children.
Then, just ahead of Mother's Day, Williams got a very welcome surprise and was informed that her bail would be paid by a project called"Black Mama’s Bail Out," which had just launched a bail drive aimed at African American caregivers and moms. This year, Black Mamas Bail Out will be making bail payments for more than 100 people on and around Mother’s Day in some 35 cities. In addition to making the payments, the group offers outreach, like reminding recipients of their court appearances and providing supportive services like helping to arrange housing and transportation.
"Cash bail is one of the main drivers of mass incarceration in the U.S. and it disproportionally impacts black and low income communities," said National Bail Out’s Arissa Hall, who is working on the campaign. Across the country, the number of women in U.S. jails increased 14-fold between 1970 and 2014, swelling from just under 8,000 women to almost 110,000 nationwide, according to the latest federal data.
While judges are generally more likely to release female defendants on their own recognizance – meaning they are not required to post bail – when women are required to post bail, they are less likely than men to be able to afford it, Swavola said. And while more work needs to be done on women in jail, the available research does suggest that probation or parole violations are significant factors, she said.
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