In 2021, Washington jails admitted 124,247 people with 66% of that population awaiting trial. Human beings are innocent until proven guilty, but the cash bail system contradicts this basic tenet of our society. The people incarcerated awaiting trial are there because they don’t have the financial means to attain freedom like someone who has access to money and resources.
So far in 2022, we have posted 940 bails with an average bail request of $5,000. Our neighbors are left in jail awaiting trial where they can end up losing their job, their housing, and what little they do have. You have helped in the past. Can you help us this holiday season bring more people home for the holidays to fight their charges from a place of freedom?
We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, EIN 83-1096468. We currently operate in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties in Washington State. Donations to NCBF are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.