organizers working to secure the release of incarcerated people in Western MA with the ultimate goal of abolition. :)
Stolen Nipmuc & Pocomtuc Land
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Do you have extra winter coats or warm gear? We are taking donations for people getting bailed out on cold winter nights! DM us for details 🧣🧥🧤
Thanks to everyone who contributed to Tyrell’s birthday fundraiser! You can continue to support by giving to the Decarcerate WMass commissary fund!! Venmo: Decarcerate-WMass
[ID: yellow-green background, with two green festive banners in the top two corners. Large purple text reads, “THANK YOU!”. Below is a screenshot of the receipt for sending money to Tyrell’s commissary account, showing that $257.05 was put into his account on July 18th, 2021. 1/3
food and drinks, hygiene products, letter writing materials, phone calls, religious texts, clothing, and more. Keep supporting our work by Venmo-ing @Decarcerate-WMass to give commissary to all of the incredible folks we write to, or by giving to our bail project”] 3/3
Below that is smaller purple text reading: “Thanks to you, we were able to send Tyrell $257.05 for his birthday. We raised $267 via Venmo, $9.95 of which was taken as a “handling fee” Access Corrections/the jail. This $ will help Tyrell pay for life-affirming things 2/3
Support Tyrell for his birthday month by sending him money for commissary! ❤️ Venmo: Decarcerate-Wmass
No one is free until we’re all free! If you have the means, please help bail out those being held captive in this “free country.”
Let’s see if we can reach $24,500 for the 245th “Independence” day gofund.me/b2b948c3
Incarcerated folks and their loved ones have to pay prohibitive costs to get food, phone calls, and more inside the jail. Help alleviate some of that stress by giving to the Decarcerate WMass commissary fund! Venmo: Decarcerate-Wmass
Donate to support bailouts at
gofund.me/da76b18a
or via the link in our bio
No amount is too small to make an impact!
If you can't donate right now, consider reaching out a friend or family member who has access to wealth, or sharing this post!
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Posting bail allows people to stay free while their case is being resolved, keeps them in their community and with their families. Cases in which people are not held pretrial have statistically better outcomes for defendants.
Posting bail is a decarceration strategy that seeks to reduce the number of people detained in local jails. It is also a direct response to the hyper-policing and incarceration of a disproportionate number of working class people of color in our region.
WHY POSTING BAIL MATTERS:
People who are being held in jail because they cannot afford to pay bail have not been convicted of a crime. Unless they have enough money to buy their freedom, they can be held for weeks, months, or sometimes even years in pretrial detention until
their cases are heard.
In the Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden County jails, there are over twice as many people being detained pretrial as after sentencing.This is unjust and inhumane. People who are in jail waiting for their cases to be resolved risk losing their jobs, homes,
BAILOUT UPDATE! As of May 26, the DCWM bailouts fundraiser has raised $15,200 dollars. This has allowed us to bail out 17 people!
The support from the community is amazing! However, our funds are running extremely low.
More then 3,000 people incarcerated in MA have contracted COVID because of prison overcrowding.
Of the parole violations that returned people to MA prisons in 2018, almost 87% were technical infractions.Take action: bit.ly/ParoleReleasesNow