PG County Jail Mother's Day Bailout

Nothing should separate a mother from her child but death. This is why Prince George's County Mass Liberation Campaign is bailing mothers out of Upper Marlboro Jail that can’t afford to pay for their freedom. Everyday an average of 700,000 people are condemned to local jails and separated from their families. A majority of them are there simply because they cannot afford to pay bail.  Pre-trial incarceration has catastrophic impacts on our communities.Black people are over two times more likely to be arrested and once arrested are twice as likely to be caged before trial. Our LBGTQ and gender nonconforming family are targeted and caged at even more alarming rates, and once in jail are significantly more likely to be sexually and physically abused. For instance, one in five transgender women have spent time in prison or jail and one in three of them reported being sexually assaulted while there. Please contribute any amount you can by May 11th, 2018 so that our mothers in jail may be home for Mother's Day this year.