Top Story (01.17.17) >>> How Cash Bail Keeps the Poor in Jail

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Today’s top story comes from Anne Kim of theatlantic.com. Her story focuses on how poor people inability to pay bail keeps them behind bars. She tells us firsthand accounts of disproportionate amount of arrests in Black poor communities in comparison to other communities and how that leads to high incarceration.  To read more about this story click here.

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