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Do you have extra winter coats or warm gear? We are taking donations for people getting bailed out on cold winter nights! DM us for details 🧣🧥🧤

food and drinks, hygiene products, letter writing materials, phone calls, religious texts, clothing, and more. Keep supporting our work by Venmo-ing @Decarcerate-WMass to give commissary to all of the incredible folks we write to, or by giving to our bail project”] 3/3

[ID: yellow-green background, with two green festive banners in the top two corners. Large purple text reads, “THANK YOU!”. Below is a screenshot of the receipt for sending money to Tyrell’s commissary account, showing that $257.05 was put into his account on July 18th, 2021. 1/3

Thanks to everyone who contributed to Tyrell’s birthday fundraiser! You can continue to support by giving to the Decarcerate WMass commissary fund!! Venmo: Decarcerate-WMass

Below that is smaller purple text reading: “Thanks to you, we were able to send Tyrell $257.05 for his birthday. We raised $267 via Venmo, $9.95 of which was taken as a “handling fee” Access Corrections/the jail. This $ will help Tyrell pay for life-affirming things 2/3

ID: text reads, “Happy Birthday Tyrell! / Tyrell is an incredible incarcerated organizer, and his birthday is this month! Can you show him some love by sending him commissary money? VENMO: Decarcerate-WMass” on a yellow background with green and purple confetti and balloons

Support Tyrell for his birthday month by sending him money for commissary! ❤️ Venmo: Decarcerate-Wmass

Let’s see if we can reach $24,500 for the 245th “Independence” day gofund.me/b2b948c3

No one is free until we’re all free! If you have the means, please help bail out those being held captive in this “free country.”

Incarcerated folks and their loved ones have to pay prohibitive costs to get food, phone calls, and more inside the jail. Help alleviate some of that stress by giving to the Decarcerate WMass commissary fund! Venmo: Decarcerate-Wmass

Donate to support bailouts at gofund.me/da76b18a or via the link in our bio No amount is too small to make an impact! If you can't donate right now, consider reaching out a friend or family member who has access to wealth, or sharing this post! youtube.com/watch?v=3eUoi2…

We are also supporting efforts to eliminate the use of cash bail, and the long term goal is always to abolish prisons and jails.

Posting bail is a decarceration strategy that seeks to reduce the number of people detained in local jails. It is also a direct response to the hyper-policing and incarceration of a disproportionate number of working class people of color in our region.

Posting bail allows people to stay free while their case is being resolved, keeps them in their community and with their families. Cases in which people are not held pretrial have statistically better outcomes for defendants.

and their children. They also risk their physical and mental health.

their cases are heard. In the Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden County jails, there are over twice as many people being detained pretrial as after sentencing.This is unjust and inhumane. People who are in jail waiting for their cases to be resolved risk losing their jobs, homes,

WHY POSTING BAIL MATTERS: People who are being held in jail because they cannot afford to pay bail have not been convicted of a crime. Unless they have enough money to buy their freedom, they can be held for weeks, months, or sometimes even years in pretrial detention until

We currently have requests that we are unable to fill because there is not enough money. Conditions inside of jail are still unlivable. The more money we raise, the more people can be returned to their loved ones. Donate and share - link in our bio!

BAILOUT UPDATE! As of May 26, the DCWM bailouts fundraiser has raised $15,200 dollars. This has allowed us to bail out 17 people! The support from the community is amazing! However, our funds are running extremely low.

More then 3,000 people incarcerated in MA have contracted COVID because of prison overcrowding. Of the parole violations that returned people to MA prisons in 2018, almost 87% were technical infractions.Take action: bit.ly/ParoleReleases…