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The Bail Project is now in Jacksonville and two other parts of Florida, helping people get out of jail awaiting trial to prove the system is unequal.

“I know how it feels when you get down in the county jail,” says Daryl Pierce with the Lawndale Christian Legal Center. “You can’t make bond, you ain’t got no hope, you ain’t got nobody.”

Passenger car door. and police on the street assumed that he was stealing the car. >> the bail project stepped in to help pay the $10,000 required to secure his release. >> the new model will give somebody the opportunity to actually look at the real true circumstances of my stipulation, of my arrest. >> do you think without the financial assistance from the bail project, you would still be in jail right now? >> yes, i do. >> and the safety act does include more measures. it is not just about the elimination of cash bail. there are a slew of police accountability and reform measures in that la...

Experience went viral -- >> he was forced to ration his insulin, which led him to go missing three times because of dementia from his diabetes. and this last time he went missing, he was obviously confused and accidentally opened a lady's passenger car door, and police on the street assumed he was stealing the car. >> reporter: the bail project stepped in to help pay the $10,000 required to secure his release. >> the new law would have given somebody the opportunity to actually look at the real true circumstances of my situation, my arrest. >> reporter: do you think without the financial assis...

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