Huntsville Bail Fund

Addressing the disproportionate impact of the cash bail system on vulnerable populations in Madison County. Freedom should be free!

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

Everyone deserves a safe and stable place to live. Everyone. No exceptions, no excuses.

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

If you're as outraged as we are about the tragic death of John Mitchell Rigdon, please follow the link to write your city council representative!

https://t.co/Oa9UjVHCc0

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

Huntsville Bail Fund is proud to announce Hello for the Holidays 2022 to give connection to those held at Madison County Jail with their loved ones over the holiday season. Donations will provide precious phone time to those still in detention. https://t.co/BNtlolwoTa

[The Valley Labor Report @LaborReporters]

Those of us involved in the project were raised with what @TheGloryFires calls home training.

That's one of at least a few reasons we wouldn't fit in with the Huntsville Police, as was exemplified last weekend in the Derrick St Camp eviction.

https://t.co/AHQ8VRRVC1

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

Thanks for the shout out, and for showing up for our neighbors. Mutual aid is a powerful thing. Bailing folks out is a bandaid, preventing them from getting caught in the carceral system in the first place is the real solution. ❤️

[Katelyn Bowden Ⓥ @medus4_cdc]

It’s not a solution, but it’s far better than the scene when I showed up to volunteer- with dozens of cops waiting to forcibly remove residents. Big props to @Love_Huntsville, @HSVBailFund, and everyone who showed up to help, and the legal observers who held police accountable.

[Katelyn Bowden Ⓥ @medus4_cdc]

Shes literally just trying to survive and keep her life together long enough to get an address, so she can get a job, and get her kid out of the system.
These are PEOPLE. Not NPCs, not nuisances, not disposable. They deserve better than the system that has failed them.

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

These neighbors are not the least of us. They are the least loved, the least cared for, but they are not lesser.

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

Everyone deserves a safe and stable place to live. Everyone. No exceptions, no excuses.

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

Living outside is disabling. The medical neglect, physical and emotional trauma, and denial of services in jail are disabling.

[ALABAMA PRISONS ARE DEATH CAMPS @FREEALAMOVEMENT]

Happening Now:

Med flight helicopter and two ambulances at Staton prison in Alabama.

#HammADOC

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

@FREEALAMOVEMENT Trainings are held over Zoom and registration is open to all. I imagine the AL NLG trainer would be open to discussing the possibility of a prison-specific program. https://t.co/q8Q5mi354P

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

N AL needs legal observers! This volunteering is an ideal way to promote community safety, and we need them not only in situations of mass public demonstrations. Sign up at the link to be the first to know when trainings are available! https://t.co/q7AozIHgT7

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

LOs don’t give legal, tactical, or political advice, negotiate with the police for demonstrators, or speak to the press or public for demonstrators.

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

NLG LOs are neutral third parties, whose duty is to observe and document potentially unlawful or unjustified interference with demonstrators’ rights by police. LOs are often (but are not required to be) attorneys, law students, or other kinds of legal workers.

[Matt Kroschel @Matt_Kroschel]

WATCH: Homeless advocates threaten legal action over #Huntsville's plan to clear out Derrick Street camp

https://t.co/Mwn4NkLH7a #Homeless @ACLUAlabama @splcenter

[Dev Wakeley @DevWakeley]

@RepEngland70 7/ Rep. Treadaway admits the mandatory hold provision is intended to punish people who aren't convicted. "That's one of the reasons I put that in the bill. All those people got their charges dropped."

That's unconstitutional. I hope the federal courts are listening. #alpolitics

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

@FREEALAMOVEMENT Replied to your FB DM, did you receive it?

[Huntsville Bail Fund @HSVBailFund]

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Every dollar received goes towards facilitating pretrial release and supporting community reintegration. Your donation sustains our work in the struggle to #endcashbail.