Our Mission
We create alternatives to incarceration for youth and young adults by rebuilding our communities through committed relationships centered on love, compassion, and consistency.
Approach
We support our youth and young adults at every stage of the criminal legal process—from prevention to detention. This is designed to replace the school-to-prison pipeline with a school-to-life success pipeline. Instead of suspensions and expulsions, we strive for restorative and culturally relevant programming. Instead of police, prosecutors, and judges, we operate with mentors, counselors, and circle keepers. Instead of frustration and denial, we build purpose and opportunity. Instead of jails, we will have homes, schools, jobs, and a community that stands with our youth.
Community Passageway team members are Community Intervention Professionals who are trained and certified in multiple safety and support disciplines to protect and develop our communities. We are critical components of the Seattle Public Safety system.
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What we do
Through community interactions we have established street credibility that we leverage in prevention and intervention as expert community-based practitioners.
WE provide a strategic and trained response to violence prone incidents and individuals.
We work in coordination with other human services, public health and public safety organizations to utilize a trilateral approach that includes before, during, and after attention and tactics to deescalate conflict.
We mentor and educate youth and young adults while connecting individuals and families to necessary resources and impactful support services.
Any way you look at it, bail doesn’t work. It’s also expensive: American taxpayers spend over 14 billion dollars a year incarcerating people who have not yet been convicted of anything.
That is why The Bail Project is on a mission to take money out of the justice system so it’s fairer, more equitable, and humane.