In Denver, an intrepid activist runs for office with the aim of eliminating cash bail. | dG1fbFcwYlY2cnQydnc
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00:00 -Hello. This is a free call from an inmate at...
00:04 -Denver Sheriff's Department County Jail.
00:07 -Hi. Good afternoon. How can I help you?
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00:11 Everyone who we post bond for is legally innocent.
00:14 -I'm wondering if I qualify.
00:15 -The letters come addressed to me -- "Dear Miss Elizabeth."
00:18 They're often full of really difficult stories.
00:20 Three bonds preventing me from release.
00:22 Total -- $11,000.
00:24 I've been arrested.
00:25 -Take your hands off of me!
00:26 -Went to law school.
00:27 Of course I would be directing a bail fund.
00:29 -When I'm looking at a jail roster
00:31 and I'm seeing how many people we got out,
00:33 all I can really see is how many people are still in.
00:36 -Is there any way you guys can help me?
00:38 -I get overwhelmed thinking about
00:40 who's not gonna be home for Christmas.
00:42 -I saw Elizabeth paying someone's bond.
00:44 This is the money for this one, this one, this one.
00:46 -Let's start with Miss Payne.
00:48 Liberation is not a zero-sum game.
00:50 I get more free.
00:52 You get okay, too.
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