PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LA COUNTY RECOMMENDED BUDGET IS STARTING NOW!

This budget includes an INCREASE to the corrupt and gang riddled sheriffs funding them to the tune of $4BILLION.

Please Call in to make public comment!
toolkit: tinyurl.com/LACountyBudget…

🚨LWOP sentences are racist, inhumane, costly, and do not contribute to public safety.

📝Submit a letter to the editor urging justice for people serving LWOP (life without parole). Use this toolkit to make your voice heard 📲 tinyurl.com/SDUTlett

#CareNotCages

🔜 Join us tomorrow in person or online for this month's CFCI Advisory Committee meeting.

🗓️ Thursday, April 18th at 4 P.M.

📍 In-person attendance:
Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 West Temple Street, Room 381-B
Los Angeles, 90012

💻 online:
reimagine.la/rsvp

.ABC News News investigates the Los Angeles County Probation Department, looking at more than 2,500 claims of abuse of vulnerable youth at the hands of probation officers.

Watch the full report tonight on ABC NewsNewsLive Prime beginning at 7PM EST.

@linseydavis

What is actually inside of L.A. County’s Fiscal Year 24-25 Recommended Budget? 🧐

Join us for a town hall style discussion, leveraging community knowledge and power to understand and influence this year's budget cycle!

Register for our #townhall ➡️ REIMAGINE.LA/TOWNHALL

Los Angeles County inmates have been using cardboard boxes to keep out rats out of their cells.

15 Years ago today, John Horton III died in Men’s Central Jail. Ever since his mother, Helen Jones, has been fighting for justice for her son. John and Helen have taught LA so much about how the jail system works and exposed conflicts of interest between the Sheriff and the ME.

What is life in a U.S. prison really like? David Sell paints a vivid picture of incarceration—the mental and physical toll it takes on an incarcerated individual and the detrimental impact it has on loved ones outside the prison walls: vera.org/news/what-a-da…

“There’s no such thing as rehabilitation in Men’s Central Jail. It cannot be rebuilt. It cannot be changed. It needs to be torn down.” - Reverend Gary Williams, Vera Institute of Justice

vera.org/news/stories-f…

Up to ONE THIRD of people in LA County jails can’t get to court because the sheriff's department doesn't have enough functional buses: apnews.com/article/los-an…

'Thus far, there’s been little to no evidence of a zero-bail induced crime wave.' -Josh Cain L.A. Daily News ⤵️

see you there!

In response to the Legislative Analyst’s Office (@LAO's) recommendation that the state close down five prisons and save $1 billion.

“In this type of environment, we have to consider everything. - Asm Jesse Gabriel

It's time California #ClosePrisonsSaveBillions California Governor.

⏰ The RELA Coalition’s Policy Workgroup will be meeting this Monday, March 18th, 12pm-1pm.

#CareFirstJailsNever #ReimagineLA #ReimaginePublicSafety

“Biden’s Legacy is Genocide”

BREAKING: #FreePalestine protesters shut down Pennsylvania Ave outside Capitol with giant Palestinian Flag. People’s State of The Union (SOTU). #SOTU2024

URGENT: send a letter! bit.ly/CURBletter

Hello hello 👋 I’m here at the Civilian Oversight Commission hearing on deputy gangs. Today former undersheriff murakami is expected to testify, and COC chair Sean Kennedy (left) has just informed everyone things will get started shortly… just “waiting on the witness.”

📣📣Tell the Public Works Board and @cagovernor @gavinnewsom to HALT construction funding for the San Quentin rebrand. 📲bit.ly/CURBletters

We need to keep the pressure on to ensure California moves forward with prison closures NOT prison expansions. Send an email TODAY and

LASD just posted its fifth in-custody death for this year, which is so far on track to have a much lower death toll than last year.

Happy Election Day! Exercise your right to vote and let your voice be heard. 🗳️Visit any Vote Center from 7am-8pm to vote in person or drop off your ballot. Find one near you and cast your ballot! #LAVotes

locator.lavote.gov