Jails across the United States will be a bit less crowded on Mother's Day. After raising tens of thousands of dollars, organizers behind the first Mama's Bail Out Day—timed with the holiday—will be bringing home "as many mothers as possible." That bail, sometimes just a few hundred dollars, is all that separates them from their families and communities on the outside. The idea is at once practical and ambitious, relying on hundreds of individuals to collectively raise money to provide immediate relief to someone in jail. It also comes in a political moment when even meager steps toward criminal justice reform might seem to have ground to a halt.
[For more of this story, written by Melissa Gira Grant, go to https://psmag.com/social-justice/home-for-mothers-day]
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