Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Far too many trans people are targeted by the carceral system and caught in its vicious conditions.

The government shutdown may be over, but the impact is far from it. As states restart food assistance, they are also rolling out new restrictions and cuts that will make it harder for many of our mamas and caregivers to keep their benefits. Donate today to support the Food Freedom Fund. ❤️

Recovery won’t happen overnight. As SNAP benefits begin to resume, many families will still be catching up. We’ll continue to be to provide direct payments to Black mamas and caregivers who have been disproportionately affected. Help us raise $100,000 by Giving Tuesday! bit.ly/FoodFreedomFund

As SNAP benefits begin to resume, many families will still be catching up. We’ll continue to be to provide direct payments to Black mamas + caregivers who have been disproportionately affected. ❤️ Donate: bit.ly/FoodFreedomFund

The government shutdown has officially ended, but recovery won’t happen overnight. While SNAP benefits begin to resume, many families will still be catching up. We’ll continue to be to provide direct payments to Black mamas and caregivers who have been disproportionately affected.

Thanks to your generous support, wev’ve raised $6,541 so far! We refuse to let them starve our people into cages. Please keep it up and help us reach our goal of $100,000!

We’re raising $100,000 to provide direct payments to Black mamas and caregivers who have been disproportionately affected by the shutdown, lapse, and partial payment of SNAP benefits this November.  Donate today to help us reach our goal: bit.ly/FoodFreedomFund

New census data shows that poverty stayed high last year—and increased for black women. Nearly 2 in 5 working-age women living in poverty had jobs. This is a policy choice. With Trump's devastating cuts to Medicaid & SNAP, things will only continue to get worse for working people. We deserve better.

"We understand that abolition is not merely the absence of cages but also the presence of resources, wellness, opportunity, and justice. When we provide anti-oppressive healing practices, we’re saying that we don’t need cages, we need care." @nationalbailout.bsky.social

October is dedicated to raising awareness about the impact of mental health in our communities. Our Black mamas and caregivers are often met with bias, misdiagnosis, and distrust when seeking mental health support.

"Cell phone images smuggled out of jails and prisons across the country reveal food that hardly looks edible, let alone nutritious. ...kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: 'not for human consumption.'"

🚨NEW REPORT: The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than almost any other country in the world So much for the “land of the free” 🧵

We’ve raised $394 with your support so far! Tameka was sentenced to life in prison for surviving. 💔 You can help her fight for resentencing by donating gofund.me/4b1c37ac4

We’ve raised $280 so far to support Tameka file for resentencing. Let’s help her reach her goal of $6,000! #FreeBlackMamas

Black women deserve safety. We deserve to experience love, support, and care in our most intimate relationships. And yet, for Black women and girls, one of the leading causes of death is murder by an intimate partner.

Trump is spending over $1 MILLION per day to have the National Guard harass homeless people. In contrast, providing housing to every homeless person in DC would cost ~ $255k. The solution to homelessness is housing and supports, not handcuffs and jails. buff.ly/pMYtwCE

Thank you @npquarterly.bsky.social for highlighting The Hidden Heart of Reentry Report! Read the full article here: nonprofitquarterly.org/new-report-l... Check out the report here: bit.ly/HiddenHeartReentry cc: @nationalbailout.bsky.social @nbwji.bsky.social #Reentry #FreeBlackMamas

Across the country, most people accused of crimes never have their day in court. Before any hearing of facts or presentation of evidence, an overwhelming majority of people plead guilty.

“When tied to an active campaign, bail outs can generate public momentum, provide an opportunity for direct actions, and bring attention to critical issues like pretrial detention and the lack of comprehensive care infrastructure.” nonprofitquarterly.org/new-report-l...

The systems used to dispossess, oppress, and control Black communities did not end with chattel slavery, convict leasing, and Jim Crow. We have seen firsthand how the current system recycles its tactics, traditions, policies, and practices.

"Like many of the Black mamas and caregivers we’ve supported, JaCari was never convicted of a crime. But she was still expected to sit in jail for FOUR YEARS simply because she couldn’t afford her bail. How is that justice? How is that making our communities safer?"

Marissa Potts was 23 weeks pregnant when she was arrested in Dec. 2021. “I spent many nights gulping water to stave off hunger, the sound of my grumbling stomach a lullaby to my unborn baby,” she details in an op-ed. Behind bars, pregnant women are ignored at best, abused & traumatized at worst.

Sandra Bland's death tells us all we need to know about pretrial detention: it's death-making. Sandra's bail was set at $5,000 following her arrest in Texas on July 10, 2015, after a traffic stop. She was able to make a call from jail after seeing a judge, confirming that her bail had been set.

NBO is one of the places I support monthly. If you believe Sandra Bland was killed by the US incarceration system... if you believe in real justice... if you've ever said "but what can I do about it?"... this is the org to give your money to.

Sandra Bland's death tells us all we need to know about pretrial detention: it's death-making. Sandra's bail was set at $5,000 following her arrest in Texas on July 10, 2015, after a traffic stop. She was able to make a call from jail after seeing a judge, confirming that her bail had been set.

As our government descends further into fascism, expanding ICE raids and funding military occupations while slashing budgets for healthcare, education, housing, and community programs, we the people are rising to the occasion and fighting back.

For far too many people, Father's Day is a grim reminder that mass incarceration affects entire families.

ICYMI: Read @npr story abt new @FWDus research. Mass incarceration costs families w/ incarcerated loved ones nearly $350B/year. We can’t afford it. www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...

Leading the Black Mama’s Bail Out campaign, ‪@essie4justice.bsky.social‬ has bailed out 21 Black mothers & caregivers from CA jails. Every year, we experience intentional, onerous, & negligent tactics inside CA's jail system, writes Tanasia Newman in an op-ed. prismreports.org/2025/06/02/b...

"It’s always the expertise of women with incarcerated loved ones that ensures safe homecomings for all of the Black mothers and caregivers we’ve bailed out." Shout out to @prismreports.org for publishing our op-ed on the impact of CA's jail system on Black mothers. cc: @nationalbailout.bsky.social

Black mothers are at the mercy of California’s inefficient & negligent jail system, Tanasia Newman writes in an op-ed. It took 96 hours & more than $230,000 for members of @essie4justice.bsky.social to secure the release of four Black mothers from a CA jail—& their experience wasn’t an anomaly.

The US has both the highest female incarceration rate AND one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. If not for #FreeBlackMamas, Lauren’s story might have ended so differently, like the thousands of pregnant people who are admitted to jail every year. Read Lauren’s story 👇🏾

Lauren was 7 months pregnant in jail, terrified she'd give birth in shackles. If not for your support, Grassroots Leadership wouldn’t been able to pay Lauren’s $25,000 bail. Lauren’s story might have ended so differently, like the thousands of pregnant people who are admitted to jail every year.

5 years after George Floyd's murder, don't forget that abolition was always the right call. Dismantle the infrastructure that arrests, surveils, beats, cages, and kills and build a society that takes care of our human needs and allows everyone to thrive. 1/4 www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-stil...

With your support, Faith & Works bailed out De'Jon who is a single father of three and caretaker to his sick mother. He was languishing in a cage for four years on a $200,000 bail just waiting for his court date.

Reminder: Gov. Greg Abbott's regressive bail policies will only harm Texas. They will leave communities less safe, drain taxpayer dollars, and worsen racial disparities – all while swelling already bloated jail populations.

“[The Hidden Heart of Reentry report] really underscores the ways that women with incarcerated loved ones are the invisible leaders at the heart of care and reentry." — Tanasia Newman, Essie’s Sr. Communications Manager for Davis Vanguard News Group Read here davisvanguard.org/2025/05/essi... (1/2)

🗓️WEBINAR Communities across the US are proposing spending millions (sometimes billions) on new jails – but new, bigger jails don't make anyone safer. This webinar will discuss how you can push back against jail expansion. Register here 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

So, what happens after we’ve paid a Black mama/caregiver's bail? When our Black mamas and caregivers are released on bail, they are granted temporary freedom with the expectation that they will attend all scheduled court appearances.

#FreeBlackMamas "The National Bail Out is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers, and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks in abolishing pretrial detention systems and dismantling the prison industrial complex. We are people

We’ve raised $340,397 so far! This wouldn’t have been possible without your generosity. ♥️ But the work isn’t over! We’re still bailing out Black mamas and caregivers all month long and offering resources to every person we free. Continue to #FreeBlackMamas at bit.ly/freeblackmamas2025

If you haven't had a chance to make a donation yet, it's not too late. When we say #FreeBlackMamas, we’re saying that we don’t need cages; we need care: bit.ly/freeblackmamas2025

Happy Mother's Day! I donated to #FreeBlackMamas like I do every Mother's Day. www.nationalbailout.org

Just made my annual donation to help #FreeBlackMamas You can contribute as little as $10 towards reuniting a caregiver enduring pretrial incarceration with their loved ones. Better than brunch 😉

Every year I make two donations in my mom’s name on Mother’s Day. One to @nationalbailout.bsky.social and one to @abortionfunds.bsky.social. I’d be honored if you joined me.

Happy Mother's Day! Please support if you can.

For Mother's Day, I donated to @nationalbailout.bsky.social as part of their #FreeBlackMamas fundraiser. If you have a few dollars to spare, please consider donating. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...

With the support of 4,943 individual donors like you we’ve raised $291,799 so far! ♥️ Can you help us reach our goal of $500K by the end of the day so we can reunite even more mamas and caregivers with their loved ones? #FreeBlackMamas: bit.ly/freeblackmamas2025