JusticeLA

Abolition means abolish ICE. As an abolitionist coalition, JLA opposes all forms of detention, incarceration, and the violent targeting of Black and Brown communities. ✊🏾

💥 This Friday, February 27th at 1pm, @ca.youthunite has organized a walkout to protest violence in our streets. STAND WITH YOUTH💥

🔥THIS IS THE TIME TO SHOW UP FOR ABOLITION. 🗣️

This year, already 10 people have lost their lives in LA jails. ALL of them deserved a chance to receive care. Next week YOU can make a difference in saving lives in-custody 👇🏾

👉🏾Go to jlanow.org/march3action for more info!!

Today's action with @justicela.bsky.social is to contact the LA county board of supervisors to speak out against in-custody deaths in advance of their meeting on jail closure.

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Dignity and Power Now has been partnering with Dr.Keel and the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab for years to highlight what happens to people who die in custody. Check out Dr.Keel's interview with UCLA radio, and lookout for his upcoming book this fall!

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JusticeLA (@justicela.bsky.social ) focuses on decarceration. One project is to close Men's Central jail. You can sign up for their text action list and easily take part in simple things like emailing the Board of Supervisors to ask for a care-first budget.

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See you TODAY at 3pm at Men’s Central Jail for our second annual Mother’s Day weekend rally ✊🏾

JOIN MOTHERS FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY ACTION AND SPIRITUAL EVENT!

📍Saturday, May 10th for a rally at 3PM with impacted mothers from across the state

📍Sunday, May 11th, Mother's Day, at 10:30AM for a spiritual service

tldr: All the links 🔥linktr.ee/jlanow🔥

HOW YOU CAN SHOW UP FOR ABOLITION (in person or virtually)

📌Join us TUESDAY at 500 West Temple

🥁Rally at 8:30am
🗣️Board Meeting starts at 9:30
👉🏾In-person Comment after the Men’s Central Jail Closure Presentation
👉🏾Live Phone Comment (if you’re away)

THIS IS THE TIME TO SHOW UP FOR ABOLITION.

🥁RSVP: jlanow.org/april8rally

UPDATE: 15 people have now died in the L.A. County jails this year. Enough is enough.

Join us and our partners in calling on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to close Men's Central Jail as promised six years ago.

Follow @justicela.bsky.social @carefirstca.bsky.social and @essie4justice.bsky.social for more ways to take action.

There have now been 12 deaths in LASD custody this year. This is over double the number of year-to-date deaths as last year, and is second only to 2021 for year-to-date deaths for the past 20 years. 

Many of us will still be attending the meeting tomorrow to demand accountability.

The JLA Close MCJ action that was scheduled for tomorrow is now postponed. In anticipation of our rally, SD5 Kathryn Barger has chosen to DELAY the Jail Closure presentation.

Turn on post notifications and sign up for text alerts at jlanow.org/actionlist to get the heads up.

Each of the following 4 photos is of a speaker on the CURB Face 2 Face Jail Fight Coordination panel. This photo is of an organizer with Vera, wearing a brown and grey outfit speaking into a microphone

Each of the following 4 photos is of a speaker on the CURB Face 2 Face Jail Fight Coordination panel. This photo is of an organizer with La Defensa and ReImagine LA, wearing a navy blue shirt speaking into a microphone

Each of the following 4 photos is of a speaker on the CURB Face 2 Face Jail Fight Coordination panel. This photo is of an organizer with Decarcerate Sacramento on the left speaking into a microphone, wearing a green sweater and an organizer with Critical Resistance on the right wearing a black sweatshirt and Keffiyeh.

Each of the following 4 photos is of a speaker on the CURB Face 2 Face Jail Fight Coordination panel. This photo is of an organizer with Justice LA and Dignity and Power Now wearing a light blue dress

Face 2 Face Recap ~ Part 3: JAIL FIGHTS ⚡️⚡️

At #F2F25, we were joined by a powerful group of panelists from Critical Resistance, Decarcerate Sacramento, @ladefensx.bsky.social, @reimaginela.bsky.social, Vera, Dignity and Power Now & @justicela.bsky.social.

📲 Follow these orgs for upcoming actions!

💙Call for Nominations!💙 The National Bail Out collective and Dignity and Power Now are coordinating Mama’s Day Bail Outs to bail out as many Black mamas and caregivers as we can before Mother’s Day!

✊🏾Nominations accepted via bit.ly/dpnmamas✊🏾

One death every 6 days. Save the date, close men’s central jail rally Tuesday April 1st, Time TBD. LA County Board of Supervisors meeting. Families are losing loved ones inside. The BOS must present a timeline for jail closure.

There have been 9 deaths in LASD custody in the first 9 weeks of 2025. LA County has still not set forth the MCJ closure plan from March 30th, 2021.

This report outlined how to close the jail in 18-24 months. Join us on April 1st at the board to demand #NoMoreDelay, #CloseMCJ!

📍SATURDAY 10:30AM📍 Please join us in honoring the Angelversary of #StanleyWilsonJr virtually with his family, loved ones, and guest speakers.

Stanley died in LASD custody. His death was uncounted on the state tracker and covered up.

📌Register at Jlanow.org/vasignup 📌

The Hughes flames are now a mile away from 5,000 people trapped in concrete cages. We have been warning them all day to evacuate then, before it was too late to do so safely. Statement below:

Family members of man found dead in pillar sue ex-deputy they allege left him there The family of 35-year-old Raymundo Rivera, who was found dead outside a Lancaster supermarket in 2018, sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department last week.

Depressing non-fire news: Family members of man found dead in pillar sue ex-deputy they allege left him therehttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-14/family-of-man-found-dead-in-pillar-sues-ex-deputy-they-allege-left-him-there

They were wrongfully convicted as teens. Now L.A. County is paying them $24 million L.A. County will pay $27 million to settle shooting, wrongful conviction lawsuits against Sheriff’s Department

In 1997, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department "made up" evidence against 2 teens to pin a murder on them.

When the real killer - who later confessed - killed again LAPD pinned THAT murder on yet someone else.

By @keribla.bsky.social

Activists demand closure of LA County Men’s Central Jail, want treatment beds, not jail cells Several groups who want more alternatives to incarceration and want to see Men’s Central Jail closed launched a billboard blitz.

Someone dies in Los Angeles Sheriff Department custody every 8 days. Close the LA County Men's Central Jail and invest in community care.
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WE WANT YOU! Join the JLA Virtual Action team! Showing up for these virtual actions is essential as we fight for justice in our communities. Join us for our weekly actions Monday 10:30-11:30AM and Wednesday 6:30-7:30PM. Register for a virtual action - https://jlanow.org/vasignup

We are BACK! JusticeLA Virtual Actions are a COVID-safe way for folks to support the coalition by joining together virtually to promote Care over Cages in LA.

We meet over Zoom EVERY Monday 10:30-11:30am and EVERY Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm.

Register here: jlanow.org/vasignup

Three deaths in the first three weeks of 2024.

Meanwhile members of the board have detailed re-election timelines, but not a timeline for the Care-First vision the community fought for.

📌Join us on Tuesday 1/30 @ 8:30am for a community protest at the board.✊🏾 details below👇🏾

State regulators find mold, broken toilets, missing fire safety records in L.A. County jails The state board that inspects jails is asking the L.A. County sheriff to address their concerns at a February meeting.

When state inspectors visited Men's Central Jail in LA this fall, they found mold, broken toilets & rodent droppings. It appeared that guards weren’t doing their required hourly checks & there were no records of monthly fire inspections.

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“41 DEATHS IN 47 WEEKS.” “SAVE THE DATE, community protest Tuesday December 5th at LA County Board of Supervisors.” “Families are losing loved ones inside. The BOS must present a plan.”

Almost one death every week. As this fatal year comes to a close, the LA County Board of Supervisors has still not even put this issue on their meeting agenda.

📌SAVE THE DATE: Community Protest - Tuesday, December 5th at the LA County Board of Supervisors Meeting

Care First L.A.: Tracking Jail Decarceration Explore data on the people incarcerated in the Los Angeles County jail system. Track the county's progress in reducing its jail population.

The Vera Institute released a tool to track LA Co's unfulfilled promise to decrease the jail population. Highlights: over 40% of inmates have mental health needs and over 50% are pretrial and thus are constitutionally still innocent. 40 people in jail have died so far. Join @justicela.bsky.social!

He was beaten to death in Men’s Central Jail. It took staff nearly 4 hours to notice Masoud Rahmati's death after an apparent pre-dawn beating has renewed concerns about supervision in L.A. County jails, which have seen at least three homicides this year.

It’s way past time to close LA County’s Mens Central Jail. #closeMCJ @justicela.bsky.social

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Join @justicela.bsky.social and The Vera Institute in demanding LA County close Men’s Central Jail! #lacounty #verainstitute

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💥 THIS THURSDAY💥 Looking to get the gist of what we do and why we’re doing it? This is for you!

Join us virtually on October 12th as a community and uncover why closing MCJ is a fight worth fighting.

📌REGISTER: jlanow.org/mcjoct23