Hey! It's the second part of the conversation with Angelique Tomeo and Sabrina Ryan-Helton of the Bail Project. If episode one was about talking about the system and how it destroys people's lives and weakens the fabric of society itself, episode two is more about how we might fight back in the short term by helping bail as many folks as possible out so they can actually claim their rights and fight their cases. 

Just a reminder: there's a supplement to these episodes outlining what happened to crime rates when Spokane let a bunch of people out of jail due to COVID. Really gives some extra urgency to the work.

If you feel moved by this work, make sure to ask to join the Bail Project Spokane's Facebook community. Lots of information and solidarity happens in that space.  

And at Sabrina's request: it's not too late to sign the anti-Killology training petitions. There are two. Here's the first and the second.

Photo illustration by Connor Bacon

SUPPLEMENTS

Spokane let people out of jail; Crime went down.

The story of a 72-year-old man who was locked up for 33-months pre-trial. 

The Bail Project website

Bryan Stevenson's 2014 interview on Fresh Air about how "we have a criminal justice system that treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent."

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