Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

One Dollar Bail, But Still in Jail
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
25 Feb 2020
🖨️ Print Article

Despite the abolition of bail for many offenses in New York State, thousands of people remain lockup up because of hurdles created by bureaucracy and hostile jail personnel, said Amanda Lawson, co-founder of the Dollar Bail Brigade. “Something that was meant to keep track of time-served has led to people regularly being kept incarcerated for just one dollar bail,” said Lawson, whose volunteers have assisted hundreds of New Yorkers to gain their release.

Mass Black Incarceration

Related Podcasts

Involuntary Servitude in the Prison System
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Involuntary Servitude in the Prison System
24 June 2022
Savannah Eldrige is the founder of Coaliton to Abolish Slave
White Capitalist Law vs “Uncontrollable Blackness”
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
White Capitalist Law vs “Uncontrollable Blackness”
01 September 2020
The United States “criminalizes Black Americans,” but Black men “are not looking to be controlled” by this racist system, said Douglas
 Getting Out the Word: #PrisonsKill
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Getting Out the Word: #PrisonsKill
25 August 2020
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, IWOC, “is committed to the militant organizing of prisoners that takes its leadership and focus from

More Stories


  • Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    Trump Competes With Hillary in U.S. War of Lies and Terror Against Syria
    28 Jun 2017
    by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is out to prove that he is as bloodthirsty as Hillary Clinton and better than anyone at brinksmanship. Has he gone “play-crazy,” or is it the real thing…
  • Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: Nancy Pelosi Sends Democrats Over a Cliff
    28 Jun 2017
    by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats can’t serve their Black and working class base because they get their money from the 1%. “Their allegiance to global elites…
  • Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
    Urban Shield: A Federal Protection Racket
    28 Jun 2017
    by Ann Garrison Police repression is big business, heavily subsidized by the U.S. government, and promoted by “war games” enterprises like Urban Shield. “Israel, Bahrain, Qatar, and China have all…
  • Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    The Ghosts of Grenfell: Genocide in the Mainland of Capitalism
    28 Jun 2017
    by Danny Haiphong The fire that killed an unknown number of mainly Black and Asian Londoners has plunged Britain’s right-wing government deeper into crisis. Brits are connecting the capitalist dots…
  • Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
    Look Away, Look Away....
    28 Jun 2017
    by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner For us living in the US, our poet reminds us, imperial atrocities are at worst collateral damage, and most often invisible. Only when they come into sight…
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us