SUPPORT THE BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BAIL FUND

Refusing to prop up an unjust system, BCBF ceased operating a revolving bail fund on January 1, 2020 and no longer pays bail for criminal charges.

We continue to work to end pretrial detention in New York. Our fight to dismantle the prison industrial complex now includes paying bond to free immigrants from the horrific conditions of ICE detention.

As an organization committed to liberation and the abolition of deeply violent, racist and oppressive systems, we believe in the power of community bail funds to catalyze and effectuate change. We will continue fighting for and with the people and the communities who have been brutalized for decades by the criminal legal and immigration systems; both deeply intertwined and built to criminalize, oppress and incarcerate Black and brown communities. 

Policing, prosecution, and the prison industrial complex are killing people and have traumatized many more. It’s undeniable that these systems cannot be reformed or reimagined. They are designed to reinforce and perpetuate oppression, racism, violence, and death. Body cameras and de-escalation training won’t solve the problem. Supervised release and electronic shackles won’t solve the problem. Paying bond or bail won’t solve the problem. But these oppressive systems can be abolished. Now is the time to push for the future we want to see — one rooted in true community investment, care, and equity.

Your support makes all this, and more, possible. Thank you.

Checks made payable to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, Inc. may be mailed to

Brooklyn Community Bail Fund
195 Montague Street, 14th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201

To donate securities, please contact Kevin Cheng at kcheng@brooklynbailfund.org

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