LaTonya Myers (Credit: Yoni Brook)
LaTonya “T.” Myers, Activist and Bail Navigator, Defender Association
Formerly incarcerated person-turned-activist and the first-ever Bail Navigator for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, a position to help those arrested navigate the bail review system.
Prior to joining the Defender Association, Myers’s life was upended while she sat in jail saddled with a $1,500 bail that she couldn’t afford to pay. She’d been in and out of the system for much of her life, but the issue of unaffordable bail and pretrial incarceration turned her onto activism.
Gave out what she called the Probation Awards, a ceremony recognizing people “doing their best to do good, but living under constant threat of incarceration.”
May BIPOC Programming on NHPBS
Together We Stand Against Racism
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Review: In âPhilly D.A.,â a Reformer Prosecutes the System
The gripping PBS documentary series is a richly detailed look at what happens when an idealist gets actual power.
âPhilly D.A.â tracks the reform efforts of Larry Krasner, center, a civil rights lawyer turned district attorney in Philadelphia.Credit.Yoni Brook/PBS
Philly D.A.
NYT Critic s Pick
âPhilly D.A.,â a new documentary series from âIndependent Lensâ on PBS, never steps inside a courtroom. There are no surprise witnesses, no brutal cross-examinations, no stunning verdicts. But itâs as captivating, timely and relevant a legal drama as youâre likely to watch this spring.
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