A coalition of individuals supporting those incarcerated in Allegheny County Jail.
Our Position
We hope to not just provide bail, but also to increase our capacity for supporting people after they have been released.
We are working to get people released from jail as quickly as possible. We call for an end to cash bail in Pittsburgh and everywhere.
We believe no one should be in a cage.
“Arrest is kidnapping. Bail is ransom.”
Our Mission
The Bukit Bail Fund of Pittsburgh supports the abolition of all prisons. We know that the criminal justice system torture, exploit, and demonize Black, Brown, and poor people. This is what jails and prisons are planned to do, so they cannot be reformed. Because of the glaring statistics and facts listed above, the Bukit Bail Fund sees the immediate need to get people out of jail.
While the Bukit Bail Fund does not believe anyone should be behind bars, it prioritizes inmates who are at the highest risk of experiencing violence in jail: Melanated folks (including, but not limited to, folks who are Black, Latinx, and Native), those who experience chronic illness & disability, the working class and poor folk, those without homes, trans, queer, and gender non-conforming folk, people who are pregnant, those struggling with mental illness, and any other identity that has been disproportionately targeted by the systems of oppression that keep the industries of prison and jail running.
2x
rate of deaths in custody compared to the national average
81%
of ACJ inmates have not been convicted of any crime.
75%
of ACJ inmates have been diagnosed with a mental illness or substance use disorder.
Get Involved
Please consider donating to the Bukit Bail Fund. The more money we raise, the less people will be at risk of serious harm behind bars, and the more we can commit resources and energy into transformative alternatives to the current criminal (in)justice system.