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From: Lisa Alatorre <l...@criticalresistance.org>
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Sent: Wed, January 11, 2012 12:48:30 PM
Subject: [crla-news] Stop LA Jail Expansion: Pack the Board of Supervisors Jan
24th!
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Resources on LA jails and the expansion proposal
More info on the jail proposal.
Read the LA Times' series on brutality and misconduct in the LA jail
system.
Read the LA Times op-ed on why the expansion is a bad idea.
Check out the ACLU's report on inhumane conditions within the LA County
jails.
The fight in LA highlights the need for a
statewide moratorium
on prison and jail construction!
Click Here
for CURB's
"Budget For Humanity"
which outlines CURB's
our demands to stop All Prison and Jail Construction, Release Our tax
Dollars and Stop The Cuts in California .
LA County jail expansion proposal is part of California 's
new realignment policies. Read more about realignment here. CURB is pushing
counties to provide community-based services rather than build more
cages. Read about our perspective here.
Want to learn more?
Email CURB CoordinatorEmily Harris to get involved!
Follow CURB
on twitter! @CURB_Prisons
JAN 24th:
STOP JAIL EXPANSION
AND SAVE LA COUNTY!
On January 24th, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors will discuss
whether or not to approve Sheriff Baca's latest plan to rob LA: a new
jail that will cost $2.66 billion dollars ($1.4 billion to
build and $1.26 billion in interest to bankers).
Let's send the Supervisors a simple and clear message: Vote No on
Jail
Expansion in LA.
LA county needs more education, health care, jobs, and housing, not
cages!
What can you do to stop the expansion?
Come to the Supervisor meeting
Join residents from across LA on the 24th to send a strong message
that we don't want more jail cells. We will be sending out more
information as we get it.
Call your Supervisor
and urge them to VOTE NO on the jail expansion
Clickhere to find your Supervisor
Sign & forward the petition
urging LA Supervisors to vote NO on the jail expansion. Send the
link
to as many people as you can.
Get involved!
A coalition of residents and community-based groups meets every
Sunday
at 5 pm at Chuco's Justice Center . Come join the fight.
Email LA Critical Resistance organizer Mary Sutton for more information.
LA does want, doesn't need and can't afford more jail cells!
What do LA residents have to say about Baca's plan? Watch Carmen Vega from the
Los Angeles Poverty Department speak out against LA's jail expansion
plans
more jails in LA.
With the resources Sheriff Baca already has, he has created an
international disgrace in LA County jails, where the torture of
inadequate medical and mental healthcare and pervasive brutal
beatings
are routine.
It's time to stop using LA jails as mental health hospitals and
homeless shelters. The only sustainable solution to overcrowding is
to
send less people to jail.
LA does not have $2.66 billion dollars to waste on harmful jails.
14.5% of LA residents are unemployed; 40% live without health
insurance; and at least 51,000 people are homeless.
What could LA do with $2.66 Billion?
$55 million: hire 500 registered nurses
$50 million: hire 400 people in the Dept. of Mental Health
$55 million: hire 375 people for prevention and early intervention
services
$366.4 million: Stop Medi-Cal, Mental Health Services, CalWORKs,
In-Home Support Services cuts at the state level from hitting LA
residents
$816 million:End homelessness in LA (rent 40,000 2 bedroom apartments
for a year at $1700/month)
$1.3 billion: close LAUSD 2011-2013 anticipated budget gaps, save
further cuts
Total: $2.64 Billion
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