TOO POOR TO MAKE BAIL? THEY’LL CAGE YOU FOR THAT: LAWSUIT EXPOSES HORRORS OF THE US INJUSTICE SYSTEM

A Texas jail has been caging people who are too poor to afford bail, according to a new lawsuit.

Harris County Jail – the largest in Texas and the third largest in the US – is accused of keeping most of its incarcerated population locked up for misdemeanors because they can’t afford bail or trial.

Now, Harris County, Sheriff Ron Hickman, and five bail-hearing magistrates are being sued by the human rights group Equal Justice Under Law for discriminating against poor prisoners.

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