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! Interview 👉🏾 uclaradio.com/professor-te...

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. linktr.ee/jlanow?fbcli...

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

📌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.

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.

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✊🏾

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:

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

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

Someone dies in Los Angeles Sheriff Department custody every 8 days. Close the LA County Men's Central Jail and invest in community care. www.dailynews.com/2024/10/16/a...

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👇🏾

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. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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

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!

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

Join @justicela.bsky.social and The Vera Institute in demanding LA County close Men’s Central Jail! #lacounty #verainstitute secure.vera.org/a/close-mcj

💥 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

SAVE THE DATES: 📌September 10th 5:30PM vigil outside MCJ 📌September 12th 8:30AM press conference and public comment at LA Board of Supervisors Meeting What more will it take for LA County BOS to follow through on their Care First promise and Close MCJ? No. More. Delay.

This week @keribla.bsky.social reported the 29th in-custody death in LA County jails this year. The last three have all come within a week of each other, and all from inside Men’s Central Jail. This is an emergency.

This death was both predictable and preventable by LA County BOS. Earlier this year, the Sybil Brand commission labeled 171 at Twin Towers “one of the worst kept” and “a serious health and safety risk for all”. What more will it take for the Board of Supervisors to actually fund Care?

LASD Gangs are deeply entrenched in our communities, and the Board of Supervisors just gave them billions to fight accountability even harder.

Over the last ten years, LASD staff have collectively made $2.4 billion in overtime. In 2022, LASD staff made $347 million in overtime. This is 56% higher ($125 million more) than the prior year. 🤯

Show up for Ricci and Ms. Italy!!! ‼️This Friday 7/7 🗓️

We’re here at the LA County BOS budget meeting because while they steal community talking points, they don’t put the money where their mouths are. We demand a CARE FIRST Budget. Tap in virtually now: jlanow.org/626

As we enter the LA County BOS meeting, we have learned that yet another in-custody death has happened today. The 28 year old man had not been sentenced for a crime.

🚨Two days ago a 32 year old man died in Men's Central Jail marking the 18th LASD in-custody death of 2023.🚨 Join us at 9AM on Tuesday, June 6th at the LA County Board of Supervisors meeting wearing orange🍊to show solidarity with the families who have lost loved ones inside.

Another death in the decrepit MCJ facility in Hilda Solis’s district. Another person killed by the inaction of LA County BOS. It is a deadly decision to keep MCJ open after committing to closure.

JusticeLA is officially on Bluesky! Share this to your circle to help us spread #AbolitionNow!

LA County jails reported their 17th death this year over the weekend. There have only been 20 weeks in 2023. Our Board of Supervisors has yet to adopt one of the several evidence-based plans provided to them to fix this crisis. #NoMoreDelay #CloseMCJ

From @justicela.bsky.social on twitter: 💥BREAKING VICTORY💥: LA Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff found it unconstitutional for LA County and City of LA to jail people between arrest and their first court date simply because they couldn’t afford bail

Local abolitionist group @justicela.bsky.social is now on bluesky! Give them a follow and tap into the work:

💥BREAKING VICTORY💥: LA Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff found it unconstitutional for LA County and City of LA to jail people between arrest and their first court date simply because they couldn’t afford bail. (🧵tldr at the end)

SCOOP: 35 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies received a letter from the Inspector General directing them to submit photos of their legs and answer questions about membership in deputy gangs. Tattooed deputy gangs have plagued the LASD for 50+ years. Now, the county is building a criminal case.

JusticeLA is officially on Bluesky! Share this to your circle to help us spread #AbolitionNow!