Our Impact
Since 2017, National Bail Out has been committed to fighting for a world where carceral systems are unimaginable solutions to social problems.
#FreeBlackMamas 2024
In 2024, National Bail Out and partner organizations bailed out Black Mamas and caregivers across the nation in Birmingham, Alabama; Little Rock, Arkansas; Oakland, California; Miami, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Prince George's County, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; Kansas City, Missouri; New York City, New York; Bridgeton, North Carolina, Durham, North Carolina, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Houston, Texas, and Lubbock, Texas.
We’ve granted 18 Black-led organizations $1,779,900 to get Black Mamas and caregivers out of cages, $475,000 to support those we bail out with short and long-term supportive services, $288,000 to support our partner organizations, and bailed out 123 Black Mamas and caregivers.
“What you see in Arkansas is a system where people are penalized for being in poverty.”
Osyrus Bolly, Little Rock Freedom Fund, Arkansas, 2024
“We’re actually able to have the money to get them home to their children, to their families, and then on top of that, you’re disrupting the system because they want them to stay there. They want to make money off of them every day.”
Dawn Jeffrey, Little Rock Freedom Fund, Arkansas, 2024
“I’m guilty until proven innocent when I’m supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.”
Tamyha, Bailed Out Mama, 2024
“Missouri has one of the harshest abortion bans in the country. It was the first state to roll back all protections, even in the case of rape and incest.”
Justice Gatson, Reale Justice Network, Missouri, 2024
“Like I literally lost. Everything within 24 hours. My jobs, apartment, car, my kids, everything.”
Avery, Reale Justice Network, Missouri, 2024
“Mass incarceration is pretty much another word for enslavement.”
Sandra Thronhill, Reale Justice Network, Missouri, 2024
#FreeBlackMamas 2023
In 2023, National Bail Out and partner organizations bailed out Black Mamas and caregivers across the nation in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
We’ve granted 13 Black-led organizations $2,899,820 in bail, provided $453,000 to support our partner organizations, and granted $780,000 to support short and long-term supportive services, and bailed out 156 Black Mamas and caregivers.
“We do these bail outs until we run out of funds.”
Iris Gray, The Ordinary People Society, Alabama, 2023
"Bail is not a public safety issue. It's a who has money issue."
Andrea Hudson, The North Carolina Community Bail Fund of Durham, North Carolina, 2023
