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For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in time for Mother's Day or Father's Day. But these wide-scale initiatives could be significantly restricted, if not criminalized, under a recently passed Georgia bill.

ATLANTA (AP) — When she was behind bars in Georgia, Nia Thomas would use toothpaste to stick handwritten flyers to the wall and spread the word about

ATLANTA (AP) — When she was behind bars in Georgia, Nia Thomas would use toothpaste to stick handwritten flyers to the wall and spread the word about

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Senate Bill 63, which passed earlier this month, would expand the number of charges that require cash bail while restricting who can post that bail.

For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in time for Mothers Day or Fathers Day

ATLANTA (AP) — When she was behind bars in Georgia, Nia Thomas would use toothpaste to stick handwritten flyers to the wall and spread the word about community bail funds

For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in time for Mother's Day or Father's Day.

For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in time for Mother's Day or Father's Day.