Current Events > Jay Z Is Going To Bail Out Dads For Fathers Day

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http://www.thefader.com/2017/06/16/jay-z-bail-industry-op-ed-fathers-day

Jay Z tackles the injustices of the American prison system and the business it propagates in a new op-ed for Time. In his essay, the rapper writes that since producing Time: The Kalief Browder Story, he has become "obsessed with the injustice of the profitable bail bond industry."
“On any given day over 400,000 people, convicted of no crime, are held in jail because they cannot afford to buy their freedom,” he writes. "When black and brown people are over-policed and arrested and accused of crimes at higher rates than others, and then forced to pay for their freedom before they ever see trial, big bail companies prosper."
Inspired by the fundraising drives from Southerners on New Ground and Color of Change that bailed out mothers on Mother's Day, Jay Z wrote that he will be donating to those organizations to bail out fathers this Sunday on Father's Day. "As a father with a growing family, it's the least I can do, but philanthropy is not a long fix, we have to get rid of these inhumane practices altogether," Jay Z writes before concluding with, "We can't fix our broken criminal justice system until we take on the exploitative bail industry."

Good on him. I love how him and Beyoncé arent afraid to be politically and socially active
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Will they go see their kids?
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Chicken posted...

Will they go see their kids?

Nah, probably rob or murder someone.
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Marked
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i'm normally on a similar wavelength as you mogar, but that one was pretty racist lol.
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I think that's a good thing. That case with the man who has to go back to prison after being released by mistake despite having a complete turn around as a citizen, is a great example of why we need to fix this justice system. Some of these people are getting times that just do not fit the crimes, and some of the repeat offenders are getting slapped on the wrist without actually going through something that could actually fix their problems. I hope whoever is allowed freedom after this really appreciates their freedom and gets their life together.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pocrJ99oD7w
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Bump
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looks like there will be some happy families today
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