Let Her Go Home
A new song & call for pretrial freedom
On any given day, 190,600 women and girls are incarcerated in the United States. Over 60,000 women are detained pretrial, presumed innocent, caged in US jails simply because they cannot afford to pay bail. Their average yearly income is just $11,000. Over 66% are mothers with minor children.
for over two years, Fiona apple observed thousands of court hearings as a court watcher FOR COURTWATCH PG. She saw so many people get caged away simply because they could not afford the bail. Pretrial. Presumed innocent.
All across the country, women who experienced pretrial detention shared thousands of images of who they are and were outside of jail. And their families.
This song is a story about collective hurt. But also hope that we will end the pain of pretrial.
The women featured below all survived pretrial detention. They’re all so much more than that experience. Here’s who they are in their own words.
