When Flo was arrested in 2016, he did not expect to be wrapped into the predatory commercial bail industry. $7,500: that was the amount the judge set for his pretrial release. “$7,500 might as well have been a million dollars to me.” As a result, Flo spent two months in jail even though he was legally innocent.<a href="https://www.usccr.gov/news/2022/us-commission-civil-rights-releases-report-civil-rights-implications-cash-bail#:~:text=More%20than%2060%25%20of%20defendants,t%20afford%20to%20post%20bail.%5C">Half a million Americans are in pretrial detention at any given moment</a>, and more than 60% of them are there because they can’t afford bail. In theory, bail is supposed to be one way out of jail. So how did it become a way to trap so many people in, even when they're still legally presumed innocent? Learn more about the <a href="https://pretrialfairness.org/">Pretrial Fairness Act</a>, and support the <a href="https://endmoneybond.org/">Coalition to End Money Bond</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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