Join us on Facebook today at 11am for a FIRESIDE CHAT! Director Tricia Rojo Bushnell will be talking with exoneree Ricky Kidd, a former MIP Client and Director of I Am Resilience. Together they will discuss lessons we can learn in resilience from those who were wrongfully incarcerated and answer your questions live.
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“It is unconstitutional to detain people before trial — while presumed innocent — solely because they can not afford to pay money bail,” Mary McCord, legal director at ICAP and professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center said in the release. “And it is unconscionable in this global health crisis to expose unconstitutionally detained individuals to increased risk of serious illness or death solely because they are poor." ... See MoreSee Less

Lawsuit: St. Louis' Cash Bail System Creates Coronavirus Danger

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Worried about a potential coronavirus outbreak in city jails, a group of advocates has asked a federal judge to restore restrictions on cash bail. "When...

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Join us on Facebook Friday, April 3rd at 11am for our virtual FIRESIDE CHAT series! This week Director Tricia Rojo Bushnell will be talking with exoneree Ricky Kidd, a former MIP Client and Director of I Am Resilience. Together they will discuss lessons we can learn in resilience from those who were wrongfully incarcerated and answer your questions live.

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Missouri doctors call for release of prisoners amid COVID-19. Two Missouri prison inmates were not given proper protective gear when they were instructed to clean an area where another incarcerated man was monitored for a suspected respiratory condition. ... See MoreSee Less

‘Ticking time bombs’: Missouri doctors, advocates call for release of prisoners

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“When COVID-19 enters Missouri jails, the results will be devastating,” a coalition of groups said.

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"While millions of Americans shelter in place, one group simply cannot escape the coronavirus: prisoners. Among them are hundreds of people who have plausible claims that they are innocent, whose cases were working their way through the courts—until the coronavirus ground regular court business to a halt." ... See MoreSee Less

Innocent Prisoners Are Going to Die of the Coronavirus

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When the machinery of justice is halted abruptly, some of the people trapped inside are not supposed to be there at all.

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