Reports
Until Freedom Comes: A Comprehensive Bailout Toolkit
Law for Black Lives led a process with over a dozen groups who are part of the National Bail Out Collective. The toolkit provides step-by-step instructions for local organizations to plan, fundraise for and execute a bail out action as well as tips for using bail outs to support or catalyze local end money bail campaigns. We hope it is in invitation to you and your organization to start thinking about how to incorporate bail outs into your work.
Transformative Bail: A Popular Education Curriculum
Law for Black Lives co-created the Transformative Bail Curriculum to support organizers across the country engaged in bail reform and pretrial fights. The curriculum provides training, political education activities and resources for organizers seeking to engage their bases around pretrial reform.
Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety & Security in Our Communities
Over the last 30 years, at both the national and local levels, governments have dramatically increased their spending on criminalization, policing, and mass incarceration while drastically cutting investments in basic infrastructure and slowing investment in social safety net programs.
This report examines racial disparities, policing landscapes, and budgets in twelve jurisdictions across the country, comparing the city and county spending priorities with those of community organizations and their members. While many community members, supported by research and established best practices, assert that increased spending on police do not make them safer, cities and counties continue to rely overwhelmingly on policing and incarceration spending while under-resourcing less damaging, more fair, and more effective safety initiatives.