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Scroll down for a full directory of community-led bail and bond funds that regularly post pretrial and immigration bail.

Note that during local and national protests, specific protest bail funds may be established or restart activity. NBFN maintained an updated directory of protest-specific bail funds in 2020-2021. For updated information or questions about protest bail fund support, please contact network@communityjusticexchange.org

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The National Bail Fund Network is made up of over ninety community bail and bond funds across the country. We regularly update this listing of community bail funds that are freeing people by paying bail/bond and are also fighting to abolish the money bail system and pretrial detention.

Note that this directory is currently limited to community bail funds that are regularly paying bail/bond within the criminal legal or immigration detention systems for community members as their central action.

The directory does not include the many legal defense funds that allied organizations hold that may include bail support and the numerous community-based organizations that periodically pay for bail and bond.

The community bail and bond funds that are part of the Network are dedicated to being an organizing tool aimed at ending pretrial and immigration detention. As such, funds may end or suspend their activity at times when local dynamics and capacity change. This directory is regularly updated as local community funds make choices about their role in organizing.

Questions/updates can be sent to network@communityjusticeexchange.org.

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Immigration:

General California Funds

Freedom for Immigrants Bond Fund - Adelanto Only

NorCal Resist Sacramento Region Bond Fund

Orange County Justice Fund - Orange County

Alameda County Residents

Immigrant Families Defense Fund- Alameda County

City of Long Beach Residents

Long Beach Liberation Fund

Detained in Otay Mesa Detention Center or Imperial Regional Detention Facility

Familias Reunidas Immigration Bond Fund

Detained in Otay Mesa Detention Center or Imperial Regional Detention Facility or San Diego area or Imperial County residents

San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium Borderlands Get Free Fund - Southern California

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Pretrial:

Massachusetts Bail Fund

FANG Community Bail Fund (Bristol & Hampden counties)

Decarcerate WMass Bailout Project (Franklin & Hampshire counties)

Immigration:

Beyond Bail & Legal Defense Fund

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Pretrial & Immigration

Minnesota Freedom Fund

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Pretrial & Immigration:

Vermont Freedom Bail Fund

National Bail Fund Network — Community Justice Exchange (2024)

FAQs

What is bail fund? ›

Bail funds provide money for low-income people to get out of jail while awaiting future court dates. Because people who follow through on court dates receive their bail money back at the end of their cases, bail funds will take that money back.

What is the bail assistance in Massachusetts? ›

The Massachusetts Bail Fund accepts referrals for bail assistance for people prosecuted in Massachusetts who cannot afford to post bail on their own. THE MASSACHUSETTS BAIL FUND IS A CHARGE NEUTRAL BAIL FUND; WE POST BAIL REGARDLESS OF COURT HISTORY, CHARGE, OR CIRc*msTANCES.

What is the Colorado Freedom Fund? ›

Colorado Freedom Fund (CFF) pays cash bail for our neighbors trapped in Colorado cages. We help facilitate pretrial liberty for people who cannot afford the cost of money bond and help them return to court to resolve their criminal legal cases.

How do I contact the Minnesota Freedom Fund? ›

For all other general inquiries, please email info@mnfreedomfund.org.

Do you get bail money back in Massachusetts? ›

It is not punishment, and if the defendant appears in court every time he is required to, the bail money will be returned, regardless of the outcome of the case.

How does cash bail work in Massachusetts? ›

Cash bail is another available option in Massachusetts that requires either the defendant themselves, or their family, to make full payment directly to the court in cash of their bail amount in full and return it once their case is concluded.

Is Massachusetts a no bail state? ›

Bail and bail bonds are a crucial aspect of the criminal justice system in Massachusetts. When an individual is arrested, they may be required to post bail in order to secure their release from jail until their trial date.

What is Emancipation Fund? ›

The purpose of Emancipation Funding is to provide financial support to youth as they leave the child welfare system and become self-sufficient.

Does Colorado have no cash bail? ›

The act prohibits a court from imposing a monetary condition of release for a defendant charged with a traffic offense, petty offense, or comparable municipal offense, except for a traffic offense involving death or bodily injury, eluding a police officer, circumventing an interlock device, or a municipal offense with ...

Who funds Freedom Fund? ›

The Freedom Fund is grateful for the generous support we receive from our founders, those who invest in our hotspots directly, the Council of Advocates, government funders and other supporters. With their support, we are transforming the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in slavery or at risk of it.

How does the Freedom Fund work? ›

By partnering with survivors and those at risk of slavery as well as visionary investors, governments and anti-slavery organisations, we bring together the knowledge, capital and will needed to dismantle the systems that allow slavery to exist and thrive.

Who runs Minnesota Freedom Fund? ›

Mirella Ceja-Orozco, Co-Executive Director

She has dedicated her legal career to helping people navigate the complicated world of immigration law after experiencing its complexities and witnessing its devastating impact on her own family.

Who started the Minnesota Freedom Fund? ›

Minnesota Freedom Fund
Formation2016
FounderSimon Cecil
Type501(c)(3)
LocationMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Websitehttps://mnfreedomfund.org/
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How do you bail someone out of jail in Massachusetts? ›

For State cases, it's entirely in cash – there are no bail bondsmen in Massachusetts. You must also give the bail commissioner a $40 fee if you can make the bail at the police station. The amount of bail set can vary widely.

What are the factors for bail in Massachusetts? ›

Factors Considered in Determining Whether to Order Bail/ Amount of Bail: Nature and Circ*mstances of Charged Offense. Potential Penalty of Charged Offese. Family & ties in the community.

How do I contact the Massachusetts Bail Fund? ›

Location & Contact
  1. information@massbailfund.org.
  2. 1452 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02122, USA. 4th floor.

What provides an opportunity for bail? ›

In setting, reducing or denying bail, the judge or magistrate shall take into consideration the protection of the public, the safety of the victim, the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of his or her appearing at the trial or hearing of the case.

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