Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

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Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

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People of Color@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Critics of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release say it is especially unfair to Black people and other people of color.

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