JusticeLA was born in the Fall of 2017 from the community based advocacy of countless families separated by the largest jail system in the world. In partnership with grassroots organizations, advocates, directly impacted communities, and stakeholders, we work to reduce the footprint of incarceration by stoping jail expansion and reclaiming, reimagining and reinvesting dollars away from incarceration and into community-based systems of care.
Since our launch, we have successfully stopped LA County’s $3.5 billion jail expansion plan and lead the development of LA County’s Alternatives to Incarceration Workgroup report.
Background The increasingly deadly and decrepit Men’s Central Jail is at the epicenter of several major lawsuits from the California DOJ, the federal DOJ, the
JLA Statement: LA Superior Court’s New Bail Announcement JusticeLA is cautiously celebrating Tuesday’s announcement from Los Angeles County Superior Court. On October 1, 2023, LA
JusticeLA is horrified by the brutality and negligence depicted in the videos coming out of Men’s Central Jail (MCJ). What is immediately clear from the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: Supervisor Hilda Solis Supervisor Holly Mitchell Supervisor Lindsey Horvath Supervisor Janice Hahn Supervisor Kathryn Barger Los Angeles County Board
March 30, 2023 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors: Supervisor Mitchell Supervisor Solis Supervisor Horvath Supervisor Hahn Supervisor Barger Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
→ See The Full Version of this Vision A Vision for Supportive Pretrial Services in LA County: Abridged November 2022 Introduction: On any given day,
