Time is running out: we need your help to stop regressive bills from passing the House! This Friday, the House of Representatives is voting on bills that will negatively impact bail reform across the country – but there is still time to stop them!
❌H.R.s 5213 and 5625, will increase the amount of people incarcerated pretrial and defund community safety services at the state level.
❌H.R. 6260 weaponizes federal criminal laws against nonprofits, like The Bail Project. Under the bill, formerly incarcerated people will have a harder time getting employment, with employers facing the risk of criminal charges for hiring someone with a record.
The vote is happening in two days. Your actions are needed to block these bills!
Click our link in bio today and email your representative to demand that they vote NO on H.R.s 5213, 5625, and 6260.
Your voice matters! Take action now to stop H.R.s 5213, 5625, and 6260 from moving further through Congress.
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the bills right NOW. If passed, these bills will:
❌Increase pretrial detention
❌Defund proven public safety measures
❌Restrict charitable bail organizations
❌Drain taxpayer dollars
❌Undermine states’ rights
❌Make communities less safe
YOU have the power to stop these bills before they cause harm to our communities – but we must act fast.
Click the link in our bio to email your representative today and demand they vote NO on H.R.s 5213, 5625, and 6260!
⚠️ Bail reform is under attack. ⚠️ Take action now to block dangerous bills in Congress!
Three harmful bills are moving through the House of Representatives right now – threatening to increase pretrial detention and strip states of successful, data-driven bail reform policies. The bills are called H.R.s 5213, 5625, and 6260, and without your help, they will:
❌Increase pretrial detention
❌Defund proven public safety measures
❌Restrict charitable bail organizations
❌Drain taxpayer dollars
❌Undermine states’ rights
❌Make communities less safe
These outcomes will roll back progress and have a catastrophic impact on public safety.
YOU have the power to stop these bills and impact thousands of lives – but we must act fast. Click the link in our bio to email your house representative today and demand a NO vote on H.R.s 5213, 5625, and 6260!
Mothers like Destinie should not have to miss bedtime, milestones, or moments that matter just because they can’t pay for their freedom.
Mother’s Day is a reminder that too many mothers are separated from their children simply because of unaffordable cash bail – not because they’ve been convicted of a crime.
Ending cash bail protects children from unnecessary trauma and ensures mothers can continue caring for their loved ones while awaiting their day in court. Join us in reuniting families this Mother’s Day at the link in our bio.
(3/3) She remembers feeling lost, without anyone to call – until a counselor referred her to The Bail Project. “When I got to talk to them, it was a breath of fresh air,” she says. “She told me she was working to get me out. And sure enough, I got released that day.”
Freedom didn’t erase the damage. The case kept her from working for nearly a year, and the stigma of incarceration has followed her, making it hard to get a job. “I’m a hard worker,” she says. “All I’ve ever known is to work. But God’s been telling me this is a season to be still, to listen, to recenter.”
Through it all, she says, The Bail Project has been a lifeline. “They’ve helped me with resources and given me advice when I’m in error. They challenge me to grow. That’s how you become the best version of yourself – by having people who really care.”
Dasia wants to return that care someday. “If I could, I’d do what they do,” she says. “It takes patience and purpose. They’re selfless. They help people restart.”
She pauses before adding, softly, “It helps me remember who I am – and that it’s never too late to start over.”
(2/3) It wasn’t her first time in a jail. At 21, she’d worked as a correctional officer in the same facility. “When you’re a CO, you’re honored,” she says. “You’re important. But being an inmate – you go from feeling righteous to feeling like a peasant.”
Still, she refused to let that experience define her. “I spoke life into the other inmates,” she says. “We’d talk, and I’d try to broaden people’s perspective about what we were going through. It wasn’t just for them – it was for me, too.”
Dasia has lived with mental health challenges most of her life. “What people don’t know,” she says, “is that without being under a substance, sometimes it feels like you are anyway.” She recognizes that her behavior that night came from a place of pain and confusion, not malice. Still, she takes responsibility. “Even with mental health, you’ve got to present yourself in a way people can honor.”
Inside, she also saw how unevenly people were treated. “I got into it with one of the COs,” she recalls. “She was calling inmates out their name, cussing at them. I had to remind her, that’s not part of your job description. You don’t get paid for that.” Her confrontation, she says, helped shift the tone in the pod. “She told me, ‘You won.’ I said, no, I’m behind this cage. I didn’t win anything. I just need you to stop treating people like that.”
(1/3) Dasia describes the night she went to jail as “just a thoughtless night." “I was under the influence," she says. "And heavily triggered.”
She had just finished a shift at work and was riding with a friend when police pulled them over. Officers approached the passenger side – her side – and ran her name. A warrant appeared in their system: driving under suspension and a missed court date she says she never knew about because the notice went to the wrong address.
That was the beginning of twelve days in jail, on a $250 bail, that changed her life.
“I kind of felt violated,” she recalls. Two male officers searched her, unzipping her hoodie despite her protests. Later, in custody, angry and intoxicated, she flooded the toilet in her pod. “It was like an out-of-body situation,” she says. “I was so mad they wouldn’t let me make a phone call. I could’ve bonded out that night.”
Instead, she stayed in jail nearly two weeks – days that, she says, became a humbling experience and a turning point.
Experiencing a mental health crisis alone in a parking lot, Leah was confused and frighted. But instead of being taken to a hospital, the police booked her into jail.
"I was told I would get mental health help at the jail, but I didn't. Instead, I was put in an anti-suicide jacket and kept alone in a cell."
Those nights in solitary confinement were only the beginning. For months, Leah struggled to navigate a criminal justice system that was not built for her.
"When I was in court I didn't understand what was happening to me. I was still dealing with my mental health. But now that I'm better it's too late."
Leah is not alone. Pretrial detention cuts people off from treatment, support, and stability – worsening mental health and making recovery harder.
Real safety means investing in care, not incarceration. This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and every month, we're committed to reducing unnecessary jail time for clients like Leah. Join us at the link in our bio!
April is Second Chance Month – a time dedicated to people reentering the community after incarceration. In a conversation on the Let It Be Known podcast, our CEO David Gaspar challenges the traditional narrative around second chances.
A second chance implies having received a first chance. But the reality is, hundreds of thousands of Americans do not even get an initial opportunity to succeed. Underfunded schools, unaffordable housing, and other policy failures create instability and a slippery slope towards incarceration.
We must build the world that is missing for so many of the people we serve – investing in support long before the legal system gets involved. At The Bail Project, we don't just offer a second chance. We offer the first real chance many will ever have. Join us at the link in our bio.
Henry was detained for nearly one month at the Maricopa County Jail after a traffic stop. His wife sold what possessions she could, but it wasn’t enough to afford his $5,000 bond. His free bailout changed everything.
The first step out of a jail cell can be a powerful opportunity to reclaim freedom, but stability comes with the support that follows.
You can be part of someone’s next steps toward freedom. Join us today at the link in our bio!
Calling all obstacle course enthusiasts! You can now register for any Spartan Race across the country and be a fundraiser for The Bail Project.
By fundraising, you will help free thousands of people from unnecessary incarceration and support our mission to end cash bail.
And what’s more, the top 10 fundraisers for The Bail Project will receive a free VIP ticket to any national Spartan or Tough Mudder race!
All 2026 races are eligible for fundraising, but don’t wait – the deadline to register as a fundraiser is June 30th, 2026. Together, we can create a system where wealth is no longer a barrier to freedom. Register today at our link in bio and get ready to race to end cash bail!
Support for our clients goes beyond bailing them out of jail. It gives each person a fair chance at justice and an opportunity to rebuild life on their own terms. You can help people trapped in the cash bail system take their first steps to freedom. Donate today at the link in our bio! 🌸 #FreedomShouldBeFree #spring
