Free the 350 Bail Fund aims to directly undermine modern day slavery disguised as the so-called justice system. We free people from the Dane County Jail in Wisconsin – prioritizing Black people, especially Black women, queer folks, youth, and caregivers – due to the vast racial disparities present in the Dane County jail, and the over-policing of Black people in our community. We do this because we believe that jail is an inhumane and unjust intervention and it makes us less safe as a community and as a society.
The “350” refers to the 350 Black people who would need to be released from Dane Co...
BAIL FUND TO HOLD NFT ART AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS TO FREE BLACK MAMAS ON MOTHERS DAY
On Monday July 6, 2020, Dane County sheriff, Dave Mahoney, put out a press release naming our organization and some folks that we had paid bail for and sent it to multiple news outlets around the state.
He has not been charged of a crime yet and it is a violation of his constitutional rights for him to be in jail simply because he can’t afford to pay the bail.
People incarcerated in jail are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19, and their protection warrants special emergency action.
Rebel Diaz will be headlining the Bail Fund’s Saturday, May 16, 7pm concert, meant to bring awareness to the deadly situation and help raise funds to free people who are locked up because they can’t afford their bail.
FREE THE 350 BAIL FUND ANNOUNCES ONLINE CONCERTS TO RAISE BAIL TO MITIGATE THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK OF CAGING PEOPLE DURING A PANDEMIC
Keeping people in jails will result in untold deaths.
On Saturday February 3rd, at 7pm, at the Art In on East Washington Avenue in Madison Wisconsin, the Free The 350 Bail Fund held its first ever benefit concert. It was a huge success!
Check em out, show up, turn out, stop the jail.