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Fiona Apple Releases New Song Inspired by Court Watching
Apple’s new track supports Black mothers affected by “the broken cash-bail system.”
The track raises awareness to the Free Black Mamas DMV initiative, which helps women in Maryland and Virginia who are held in jail pre-trial, despite not being convicted of a crime, because they cannot make bail. It was particularly hard to hear mothers and caretakers get taken away from the people who depend on them.” Along with the song, Apple established Let Her Go Home, where she shares the statistic that each day, “Over 60,000 women are detained pretrial, presumed innocent, caged in US jails simply because they cannot afford to pay bail.” “For the past five years, I have been volunteering with the Free Black Mamas DMV bailout, and I have been lucky to be able to witness the stories of women who fought for and won their freedom with the tireless and loving support of the leadership,” Apple added in her statement.
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