Groups Urge Judge to Release Pregnant Black Mother With Medical Complications From Texas County Jail Immediately
August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas, Aug. 21 -- MomsRising issued the following news release:
Texas Jail Project, a nonprofit that advocates for improving conditions in Texas county jails, and MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground multicultural organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, are petitioning a Jefferson County judge to release Kandace Washington, a 22-year-old black mother who is more than 7 months pregnant. At a bond hearing this past Monday, Judge John Steven . . .
Texas Jail Project, a nonprofit that advocates for improving conditions in Texas county jails, and MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground multicultural organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, are petitioning a Jefferson County judge to release Kandace Washington, a 22-year-old black mother who is more than 7 months pregnant. At a bond hearing this past Monday, Judge John Steven . . .