Advancing Pretrial Justice
in Montgomery, Alabama

12M

The number of individuals admitted to jail in the U.S. every year.

490K

The number of people held in jail before their trials every day in the U.S. – often because they can’t afford bail.

$13.6B

The amount spent in the U.S. every year to jail those who haven’t been convicted of any crime.

Video: Dangers of Detention

Video: Financial Conditions