Craven County Community Bail Fund:
Promoting pretrial justice in North Carolina
Cash bail criminalizes poverty… End cash bail now!
We are a revolving bail fund.
We post bail for people held in pretrial detention who cannot afford to pay.
Upon court appearance or case resolution, we recover the bond and help others in need.
We work for pretrial justice reform.
The money bail system disproportionately affects poor people and racial minorities.
This leads to unequal outcomes based on wealth.
No one should be in jail due to poverty - freedom should be free!
The problem:
- 500,000 people in the US are currently detained pretrial because they can’t afford to pay bail.
- The number of people in jail pretrial has nearly quadrupled since the 1980s.
- On average in Craven County 20 people are detained and awaiting trial with bail set at $2,500 and under.
The solution:
- Provide bail to people detained in Craven County who cannot afford to pay relatively low bonds.
- Campaign for police to issue citations over arrests.
- End the cash bail system in Craven County and beyond.