Philadelphia Community Bail Fund
@phillybailout.bsky.social
Founded in 2017, our mission is to end cash bail and pretrial detention in Philadelphia. Until that day comes, we post bail for our neighbors who cannot afford to pay.
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We are raising funds to support this year's Youth Holiday Bail Out through November 27th. Help us bring youth age 21 and under home for the holidays. We are trying to raise $50,000 to bring youth home for the holidays.
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We are raising funds to support this year's Youth Holiday Bail Out through November 27th. Help us bring youth age 21 and under home for the holidays. We are trying to raise $50,000 to bring youth home for the holidays.
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Please do not call the cops when someone is having a mental health crisis. They escalate the crisis and put people in more danger.
In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams.
Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.
In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams.
Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.
Lil Nas X faces felony charges of "battery" against an officer from an arrest during a mental health crisis in late August. I wrote about my family member's experience with police being sent during mental health episodes—still common for wellness checks—and how it ruined their life.
@teenvogue.com
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Why Lil Nas X's Arrest Is More Proof Police Have No Business Treating the Mentally Ill
"Police generally aren’t trained or qualified to respond to mental health crises."
www.teenvogue.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Please do not call the cops when someone is having a mental health crisis. They escalate the crisis and put people in more danger.
In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams.
Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.
In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams.
Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.
PCBF thanks the Philadelphia Foundation for their recent grant of $50,000 from the S Albert Fund. This grant will enable us to do the vital work of helping to free our neighbors who are jailed pretrial because they cannot afford bail and offer support once they come home.
September 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
PCBF thanks the Philadelphia Foundation for their recent grant of $50,000 from the S Albert Fund. This grant will enable us to do the vital work of helping to free our neighbors who are jailed pretrial because they cannot afford bail and offer support once they come home.
PCBF is gearing up to support our neighbors arrested for protesting to defend the rights and lives of ALL of us. We are accepting bail requests for folks arrested while protesting. Visit phillybailout.org to submit a request. Also, our hotline will open Saturday. Call 267-225-6047.
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
PCBF is gearing up to support our neighbors arrested for protesting to defend the rights and lives of ALL of us. We are accepting bail requests for folks arrested while protesting. Visit phillybailout.org to submit a request. Also, our hotline will open Saturday. Call 267-225-6047.
PCBF sincerely thanks our comrades at Believers Bail Out for granting us $87,500 from zakat funds #freeblackmamas who are Muslim. We're posting bail 2x more this month to wrap up our Black Mama's Bail Out campaign. So far we've bought back the freedom of 26 Black mamas and caregivers for $225,079
June 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
PCBF sincerely thanks our comrades at Believers Bail Out for granting us $87,500 from zakat funds #freeblackmamas who are Muslim. We're posting bail 2x more this month to wrap up our Black Mama's Bail Out campaign. So far we've bought back the freedom of 26 Black mamas and caregivers for $225,079
We are not accepting new bail requests until we re-open in September. We are processing the last bail requests from Black Mama's Bail Out and will finish posting bail for that campaign on June 27th.
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We are not accepting new bail requests until we re-open in September. We are processing the last bail requests from Black Mama's Bail Out and will finish posting bail for that campaign on June 27th.
We are up to $44,508 to #freeblackmamas as of 6:40PM on Mother's Day! There are 5 hours to go before our fundraiser ends.
We've bought back the freedom of 12 mamas so far.
Help us reunite more Black mamas and caregivers by giving at phillybailout.org/donate
We've bought back the freedom of 12 mamas so far.
Help us reunite more Black mamas and caregivers by giving at phillybailout.org/donate
May 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We are up to $44,508 to #freeblackmamas as of 6:40PM on Mother's Day! There are 5 hours to go before our fundraiser ends.
We've bought back the freedom of 12 mamas so far.
Help us reunite more Black mamas and caregivers by giving at phillybailout.org/donate
We've bought back the freedom of 12 mamas so far.
Help us reunite more Black mamas and caregivers by giving at phillybailout.org/donate
We're ready to welcome home our first group of mamas tomorrow morning! We plan to post bail to buy back the freedom of 11 women for $163,129!
Thank you to all who have given! Returning bail, your current generosity, and a $75K grant from @nationalbailout.bsky.social have made this possible.
Thank you to all who have given! Returning bail, your current generosity, and a $75K grant from @nationalbailout.bsky.social have made this possible.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We're ready to welcome home our first group of mamas tomorrow morning! We plan to post bail to buy back the freedom of 11 women for $163,129!
Thank you to all who have given! Returning bail, your current generosity, and a $75K grant from @nationalbailout.bsky.social have made this possible.
Thank you to all who have given! Returning bail, your current generosity, and a $75K grant from @nationalbailout.bsky.social have made this possible.
We've raised $33,362 to #FreeBlackMamas! Thank you to everyone who has given and who are holding fundraisers. A huge thanks to RG Philly for their recent fundraiser that brought it in a lot of money!
We are raising money through Mother's Day! You can give at phillybailout.org/donate
We are raising money through Mother's Day! You can give at phillybailout.org/donate
May 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We've raised $33,362 to #FreeBlackMamas! Thank you to everyone who has given and who are holding fundraisers. A huge thanks to RG Philly for their recent fundraiser that brought it in a lot of money!
We are raising money through Mother's Day! You can give at phillybailout.org/donate
We are raising money through Mother's Day! You can give at phillybailout.org/donate
As of this afternoon, we've raised $6,490 of our $75,000 goal! Mother's Day is 13 days away. Can you help us reach our goal of raising $75,000 by Mother's Day? Please help us #FreeBlackMamas by donating and spreading the word to your networks!
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April 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
As of this afternoon, we've raised $6,490 of our $75,000 goal! Mother's Day is 13 days away. Can you help us reach our goal of raising $75,000 by Mother's Day? Please help us #FreeBlackMamas by donating and spreading the word to your networks!
phillybailout.org/donate
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This morning we posted bail for the last youth on our list for the Youth Holiday Bail Out. We raised $51,320 to buy back the freedom of kids jailed pretrial on high cash bail. We were able to free 10 kids this year for $85,130!
Thank you to everyone who donated! phillybailout.org/donate
Thank you to everyone who donated! phillybailout.org/donate
April 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This morning we posted bail for the last youth on our list for the Youth Holiday Bail Out. We raised $51,320 to buy back the freedom of kids jailed pretrial on high cash bail. We were able to free 10 kids this year for $85,130!
Thank you to everyone who donated! phillybailout.org/donate
Thank you to everyone who donated! phillybailout.org/donate
PCBF is joining comrades across the country in raising money to #freeblackmamas this spring. We are bailing out Black mamas and caregivers held pretrial on high bails. Help us match the $75,000 granted to us by @nationalbailout.bsky.social by donating at phillybailout.org/donate until Mother's Day!
April 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
PCBF is joining comrades across the country in raising money to #freeblackmamas this spring. We are bailing out Black mamas and caregivers held pretrial on high bails. Help us match the $75,000 granted to us by @nationalbailout.bsky.social by donating at phillybailout.org/donate until Mother's Day!
We will be closed to new bail requests starting Sunday March 30th at 11:59PM so that we can prepare for Black Mama's Bail Out. We will begin accepting requests for bail help for Black mamas and caregivers in mid-April. Look for that announcement soon!
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We will be closed to new bail requests starting Sunday March 30th at 11:59PM so that we can prepare for Black Mama's Bail Out. We will begin accepting requests for bail help for Black mamas and caregivers in mid-April. Look for that announcement soon!
Update!! We've changed the time of our Virtual Volunteer Meeting so as not to conflict with mobilizations planned for Saturday. We are now meeting on Thursday April 3rd from 6:30 to 8pm. Register at tinyurl.com/PCBFBMBO
#freeblackmamas
#freeblackmamas
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Update!! We've changed the time of our Virtual Volunteer Meeting so as not to conflict with mobilizations planned for Saturday. We are now meeting on Thursday April 3rd from 6:30 to 8pm. Register at tinyurl.com/PCBFBMBO
#freeblackmamas
#freeblackmamas
We're gearing up for our 8th Black Mama's Bail Out! We are inviting the community to volunteer to make this year's campaign a success! Join us for a Virtual Volunteer Meeting Saturday April 5 at 11:30AM. Learn how you can plug in! Register at tinyurl.com/PCBFBMBO
#FreeBlackMamas
#FreeBlackMamas
March 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We're gearing up for our 8th Black Mama's Bail Out! We are inviting the community to volunteer to make this year's campaign a success! Join us for a Virtual Volunteer Meeting Saturday April 5 at 11:30AM. Learn how you can plug in! Register at tinyurl.com/PCBFBMBO
#FreeBlackMamas
#FreeBlackMamas
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Israeli authorities are withholding at least 665 Palestinian bodies, some buried or stored in refrigerators since the 1960s, with others killed as recently as last week, per the National Campaign for Retrieval.
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Hamas set to handover bodies of 4 Israeli captives as Gaza truce holds
The Bibas children will be among the bodies returned as Gaza officials say Israel is not holding up its side of deal.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Israeli authorities are withholding at least 665 Palestinian bodies, some buried or stored in refrigerators since the 1960s, with others killed as recently as last week, per the National Campaign for Retrieval.
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Authorities in Gaza say Israel is blocking 135,000 mobile homes, 500 bulldozers, and other humanitarian aid promised in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Authorities in Gaza say Israel is blocking 135,000 mobile homes, 500 bulldozers, and other humanitarian aid promised in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
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In solidarity against all oppression,
Caleb Freestone
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In solidarity against all oppression,
Caleb Freestone
Visit Caleb, a Pro Choice Activist Imprisoned for a Year
On October 28 2024, Caleb began a 366 day federal prison sentence for graffiti on "Christian Pregnancy Crisis Centers", fake abortion clinics that aren't bound by HIPPA and greviously harm vulnerable ...
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February 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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In solidarity against all oppression,
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In solidarity against all oppression,
Caleb Freestone
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Trump has dismantled the Aviation Security Advisory Committee. He has fired hundreds of FAA workers who did everything from maintenance and mechanics to aviation safety — and he’s threatening even more.
He is putting our safety at risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He is putting our safety at risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration firing FAA staff including safety workers despite recent crashes
President moves to cut Federal Aviation Administration workforce as critics say public safety could be endangered
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February 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump has dismantled the Aviation Security Advisory Committee. He has fired hundreds of FAA workers who did everything from maintenance and mechanics to aviation safety — and he’s threatening even more.
He is putting our safety at risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He is putting our safety at risk. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Trump admin is chomping at the bit to kill the people on death row whose sentences Biden commuted, and looking for any possible way to make them suffer. It’s sadistic and detracts from resources that could actually improve public safety. @theintercept.com
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Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane
And that’s how he wants to keep it, his executive orders and memos from Attorney General Pam Bondi show.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Trump admin is chomping at the bit to kill the people on death row whose sentences Biden commuted, and looking for any possible way to make them suffer. It’s sadistic and detracts from resources that could actually improve public safety. @theintercept.com
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For those of you not paying attention in the back row and, especially, in the front row:
From Turkey to Hungary to Venezuela to Benin, firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power.
Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE
Scholars share lessons learned from around the globe: #CivilService #autocrats #DOGE
Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe
Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among power-hungry leaders is establishing control over the country’s…
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February 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
For those of you not paying attention in the back row and, especially, in the front row:
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As shown in this story from The Appeal, if Amendment 3 passes, system-involved youth would be exposed to a wide array of harms and abuses within the adult criminal legal system instead of the rehabilitative services associated with the juvenile legal system. Say NO to Amendment 3 here: noon3la.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As shown in this story from The Appeal, if Amendment 3 passes, system-involved youth would be exposed to a wide array of harms and abuses within the adult criminal legal system instead of the rehabilitative services associated with the juvenile legal system. Say NO to Amendment 3 here: noon3la.org
We see many such charges levied against unhoused people when they are trying to survive. Instead of meeting the clear need, Philly chooses to disapear folk in jails.
New data shows that unhoused people are most commonly booked for a top charge of trespassing — a charge frequently used to criminalize people for having nowhere else to go.
Guess what would likely solve that problem? Housing – not jail.
Guess what would likely solve that problem? Housing – not jail.
February 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We see many such charges levied against unhoused people when they are trying to survive. Instead of meeting the clear need, Philly chooses to disapear folk in jails.
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Hundreds of asylum seekers from around the globe are being trapped by the US in a Panama hotel where they'll eventually be sent to a camp in the jungle.
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
February 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hundreds of asylum seekers from around the globe are being trapped by the US in a Panama hotel where they'll eventually be sent to a camp in the jungle.
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
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Israel has violated the ceasefire in Gaza 266 times since it came into effect on January 19, killing at least 132 people, Palestinian security sources have told Al Jazeera.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Israel has violated the ceasefire in Gaza 266 times since it came into effect on January 19, killing at least 132 people, Palestinian security sources have told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dh48s1
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