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Critics allege bail reform bills would punish the poor


Critics allege bail reform bills would punish the poor
By
Eric Griffey
Fort Worth
PUBLISHED 5:40 PM CT May. 10, 2021
PUBLISHED 5:40 PM CDT May. 10, 2021
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FORT WORTH, Texas  Abdul Chappell has served more than 20 years behind bars for various offenses since he was a teenager.
Decades ago, he started the local arm of the violent street gang, The Crips. These days, he runs a nonprofit, Build a Better Hood, in which he uses his street-level connections to rescue victims of human trafficking and teach at-risk youth job skills. 
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Before the legislative session began, Gov. Greg Abbott made bail reform a priority item ....

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United Fort Worth's Tarrant County Community Bail Fund


Fort Worth Weekly
By Edward Brown
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the grassroots group United Fort Worth began calling for the compassionate release of nonviolent inmates from Tarrant County Jail. When local officials ignored the pleas, Pamela Young and United Fort Worth’s Criminal Justice Action Team began raising money to bail out impoverished inmates who could not afford amounts of as little as $100. Young discussed the societal damage caused by Tarrant County’s monetary bail system and how the Tarrant County Community Bail Fund is addressing those systemic problems.
You can view all of our previous shows on our IGTV channel @FortWorthWeekly. You can read about our past reporting on monetary bail in Tarrant County. ....

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