For our 2024 Spring Fundraiser, we need your help in our fight against wealth-based incarceration! The Northwest Community Bail Fund (NCBF) has posted over 4,000 bails since 2016, thanks to community members like you.
Pretrial incarceration negatively impacts health, due to
rapid spread of viruses like flu and COVID, combined with reduced access to medical care, medications and mental health treatments. Spending time in jail is associated with
increased exposure to violence, including
assault, rape,
murder and suicide, while simultaneously damaging work and social connections, and increasing the pressure to plead guilty. The
unintended consequences can be lasting and are
not shown to improve public safety.