There are 9,000 people caged in the downtown Houston jail, most of them solely because they can't pay cash. The situation is getting dire: "We don't have any running water anymore". When asked about water, guards have said: "you shouldn't have fucking gotten locked up".

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Sounds cool in theory, but in reality some people spend up to a year before trial.

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So we should do cashless bail like New York?

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Fuck no, but they should be moved to a facility with water.

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