By City News Service
May 9, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Advocates against mass incarceration said they have bailed three Black mothers out of a Los Angeles detention facility as part of a day of action that included a statewide petition with racial justice organization Color of Change.
Essie Justice Group said Saturday the campaign was calling on California judges to ``stop abusing their discretion to disproportionately keep Black people in jail on astronomically high bail amounts.''
That charge involves some judges' alleged attempts to circumvent a recent California Supreme Court decision that judges must consider ability to pay when setting bail.