Freedom for all regardless of wealth.
Minnesota Freedom Fund works to end wealth-based detention and power build with community to dismantle the systems that turn poverty into punishment while expanding access to freedom, safety, and dignity for all Minnesotans.
WHAT WE DO
The cash bail and immigration detention systems put a price on freedom that only a few can afford, effectively criminalizing poverty and fueling the growth of mass incarceration.
At Minnesota Freedom Fund, we work to end wealth-based detention and power build with community to dismantle the systems that turn poverty into punishment while expanding access to freedom, safety, and dignity for all Minnesotans.
Community Advocacy
We educate our community, organize our neighbors, and lobby our lawmakers for permanent transformation in the pretrial and immigration systems.
Re-Entry SUPPORT
We send court reminders, provide rides to court, and help clients with housing, jobs, healthcare, and more after they’re released.
Court Watching
We recruit and train volunteers to observe bail hearings and bring critical public transparency and accountability to a part of the legal process that few people see.
Community building
We host events, watch the courts, educate our community, and engage our neighbors in the fight against wealth-based jailing.
WE MAKE AN IMPACT
Minnesota Freedom Fund was founded in 2016 by a University of Minnesota student. Following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, we received an outpouring of support from around the world. Since then, we’ve put those resources to work, freeing thousands of people from pre-trial jailing and immigration detention.
2,978
People freed from wealth-based jailing
$4,805,000
Paid for immigration bonds
$20,412,236
Paid for cash bails
$6,200,705
Regranted to local partners
Our mission & VISION
a world without wealth-based jailing
Minnesota Freedom Fund works to end wealth-based detention and power build with community to dismantle the systems that turn poverty into punishment while expanding access to freedom, safety, and dignity for all Minnesotans.
We envision a world where justice restores the humanity and dignity of all involved. We fight to exist in a world where every individual has access to resources to lead healthy and full lives.
We reduce immediate harms while we work for long-term change.
01. Provide Relief
Provide legal support, re-entry support, and meet the needs of people who are navigating the pretrial and immigration detention systems.
02. Organize Our Community
Educate our neighbors, build coalitions, and transition power to people harmed by the systems we fight.
03. Fight for Systemic Change
Identify alternative solutions, promote policies to implement those solutions, and fight to protect our victories.
Join the fight to end wealth-based jailing.
We make a bigger impact when we work together. Join the fight to protect our neighbors from wealth-based jailing and abolish systems of mass incarceration.
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