Cash bail criminalizes poverty by Speaking Freely With the ACLU-PA

On March 12, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and the law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer filed a lawsuit against the Philadelphia courts, challenging the courts' excessive reliance on cash bail to incarcerate people. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of ten people who cannot afford their bail and two organizations, the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund and the Youth Art and Self-empowerment Project.

In this episode, we hear from our clients and attorneys who are working on the case. Learn more at aclupa.org/PhillyBail.

Then, in honor of Women's History Month, we hear from Yvonne Latty, who tells us the story of mothers who are incarcerated and how excessive cash bail keeps them there, separated from their families.

To learn more about our clients and to support them, visit phillybailout.com and yasproject.com.