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Andrea shares her story of spending 12 days stuck in the Jefferson County Jail pretrial because of unaffordable cash bail and the effect it had on her 6 children. In over half of cases in Kentucky, people cannot afford to pay their bail. Black Kentuckians are jailed at a much higher rate than white Kentuckians. The number of children in Kentucky with a parent in jail is four times the national average. Over two-thirds of the women incarcerated in Kentucky have children. The Bail Project is a nonprofit that pays bail and provides support to people for free. No one should be held in jail before trial simply because they can’t afford their bail. Learn more at .
