About 80 percent of women in jails are mothers. That means there are countless Black mothers currently incarcerated in jails whose endless duties of motherhood cannot be honored and celebrated.

But an annual, national campaign aims to #FreeBlackMamas and during this Mother’s Day, Advancement Project National Office and our grassroots partner, Michigan Liberation, are asking you to help honor, celebrate and #FreeBlackMamas by supporting the Michigan Black Mama Bailout Campaign [[link removed]]. Together, we are releasing a new resource to help spread the word about incarcerated Black mothers in Michigan.

#FreeBlackMamas is an annual campaign by National Bail Out [[link removed]] raising awareness about the human and financial costs of wealth-based pretrial detnetion, and emphasize its impact on Black mothers and caregivers. And as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout jails and prisons in the state, the need to protect and save the lives of Black mothers is more critical now than ever. Advancement Project National Office continues to work with partners like Michigan Liberation in the fight to release people from jail amid the coronavirus pandemic through litigation, advocacy, and awareness. We have filed suit in both Wayne and Oakland County calling for the immediate release community members inside citing the violation of their constitutional rights by exposing them to an unnecessary risk of infection, illness or death during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more from this news report featuring our Justice Project team. [[link removed]]

Our new resource: [[link removed]] Think Black mothers get a fair share in the criminal justice system? Think again.

To raise awareness about the harsh reality facing incarcerated Black mothers, Advancement Project National Office and Michigan Liberation are releasing today a summary report on Black mothers' fight for freedom in Michigan. More than 51,000 women are released from jail each year in Michigan. There has been recent mainstream acknowledgement about the need for re-entry services for community members returning home from prison—but few focus on jails.

Remember that this Bailout Daily is rooted in the history of Black Liberation, where enslaved and free Black people used their collective resources to purchase each other’s freedom. Until we end the practice of caging human beings, we will continue to find ways to get our people free.


For more information, read our national partner Ben & Jerry's [[link removed]] account on keeping families together that highlights Michigan Liberation.

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