External Resources

National Organizing Tools

National Bail Out Collective: Until Freedom Comes Bail Toolkit

National Lawyers Guild: Best practices for setting up a legal defense fund

Cuyahoga County Jail COVID-19 Updates

Cleveland.com (July 10): No suspicious circumstances surrounding death of Cuyahoga County Jail Inmate medical examiner says

Cleveland.com (June 19): MetroHealth announces no known cases of coronavirus in Cuyahoga County Jail for the first time in months

Greater Cleveland Organizers and Influencers

Cleveland City Council: Find My Ward

Ohio ACLU Bail Reform: Website

Greater Cleveland Organizations

Greater Cleveland Congregations (May 22): Letter to Public Officials

Bills, Legislation, and Petitions

H.R.7120 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020: Bill

Lookups and Other Forms

Ohio Registered Voter Search: Lookup

Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts: Lookup

Ohio ACLU, Your Bail Story: Submit

A People's Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland: Contribute

Academic Research

Prison Policy Initiative: Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020, Failing Grades: States' responses to Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons

Vera Institute: Justice Denied

Monroe County Community Report: Living with Warrants

Crutchfield, Fernandes, Martinez: Racial and Ethnic Disparity and Criminal Justice