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@marissashey marissashey commented Jun 2, 2020

Added:

  • Emergency Release Fund (NYC)
  • Black Legal Action Centre (Ontario)
  • a notice about the nature of bail in Canada--sometimes cash deposits are required, but other times a surety is.

"In response to COVID-19, the Emergency Release Fund has expanded their mission to raise and post bail for pretrial medically vulnerable individuals and anyone who identifies as LGBTQ. As of May 26th, 2020, we have freed 160 people and paid over $900k in bail funds." (https://emergencyreleasefund.com/)
From their website: "We are a non-profit community legal clinic that provides free legal services for low or no income Black residents of Ontario."
@marissashey marissashey changed the title Add the Emergency Release Fund under "New York City" NYC and Ontario Jun 3, 2020
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This may not be well known, so I think it is an important distinction that Canadian bail sometimes relies on sureties (people who pledge to supervise the arrested while they are on bail), not cash.
This may not be well known, so I think it is an important distinction that Canadian bail sometimes relies on sureties (people who pledge to supervise the arrested while they are on bail), not cash.
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