On any given day, 25,000 New Yorkers are caged in county jails across our state. The abuse that occurs in these jails is rampant. Human rights violations, racial disparity, violence, and medical neglect are commonplace. Our jails are unjust, unsafe and inhumane. Despite a steady decrease in crime, numerous county jails have grown — some even doubling in size. In Monroe County alone jails 1,300+ people daily. Shamefully, 58% have not been convicted. The are legally innocent but caged because they cannot afford bail and trapped because their Constitutional rights to due process and a fair and speedy trial are routinely violated. This is a mockery of justice, and New Yorkers deserve better. No one should sit in jail because they cannot afford bail. No one should wait months or years for trial. No one should be denied critical information about their case.

[source: Facebook, 2018-Feb-19]