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Public defenders should not have to choose which constitutional rights to protect and which to neglect. Tomorrow we head into crucial negotiations with LA County and management. We are at a breaking point and we are standing together for our clients & our profession #UnionStrong

Thanks to YOU, the Board of Supervisors passed two critical motions towards closing Men’s Central Jail and ending in-custody deaths! ✊🏽🎉 read more at tinyurl.com/march3motions THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER 📣📣 visit the link in our bio to sign-up for our weekly text message updates!

FOUR people have died in the last SIX days in LA Sheriff’s custody. Four families forever changed just before Christmas. Less than a month ago @LASDHQ were brought to the @LACountyBOS and claimed this crisis would be solved with iPads. It’s time to ACTUALLY close deadly MCJ✊🏾

38 deaths in 38 weeks and @LACountyBOS has still not presented a timeline to close the deadly Men’s Central Jail. The County’s decision to invest in jails is fatal and tragic —and a deliberate choice given the alternatives to incarceration.

The jail conditions in LA have gotten so horrifically cruel that Attorney General Bonta has announced a lawsuit against the LA Sheriff's Department and the LA County. As the lawsuits mount, LASD continues to defund taxpayers and amass record levels of deaths in their custody. 🧵

ICE's use of electronic monitoring has rapidly expanded. Now, more than 200,000 people on any given day are regularly surveilled & detained by ICE – over 4x as many as a decade ago.

80% of women in jails are mothers, and most of them are primary caretakers of their children. Mass incarceration has a ripple effect, causing trauma that can last generations within a single family.

Shame on @kathrynbarger & the COUNTY LAWYERS for their intimidation and removal of two key members of the COC. Tell her that her support of Sheriff violence does NOT go unnoticed! Call her @ 213-974-5555 and visit jlanow.org/CallBarger to see talking points #ProtecttheCOC

The decision to force out Bonner comes after several moves by the county and their lawyers to prevent the COC from DOING THEIR JOB & investigating cases of severe brutality and murders by LASD.

@kathrynbarger and @LASDHQ continue to suppress the Civilian Oversight Commission from holding the Sheriff Department accountable for their brutality. Read LA Times article by @@ConnorASheets to learn more. latimes.com/california/sto…

We stand in unwavering solidarity with immigrant communities and families impacted by the Los Angeles ICE raids. 🧡 cc: @bajitweet @chirla #Immigration #NoICE #WeKeepUsSafe #LosAngeles #Community

Families of victims killed by LA police are turning grief into action. With LA County paying $104 million in police misconduct settlements in 2023, families organize to push state legislation targeting police interrogations, oversight, and transparency. lapublicpress.org/2025/05/famili…

Join us Wednesday for this free virtual Know Their Rights event and educational training for our community members! ✊🏾 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/AOCkyr

Last year, the LA Sheriff’s Department spent $458 MILLION on overtime. That’s more than double what they spent in 2020-2021, and a huge chunk of change – even out of the department’s massive $4 billion budget.

🚨 Kern County Jails reported 11 in-custody deaths in 2023 — 6 by suicide, highest ever recorded. Declining jail populations, rising death toll raises serious questions. Any accountability? Who's protecting the incarcerated? #InCustodyDeaths #JusticeReform #EndMassIncarceration

🗣️ Moving Pretrial Reform in the Right Direction by Preserving the Presumption of Innocence (PPI) is critical for our communities! The harms of pretrial detention target poor people and people in black and brown communities in California.

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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