1 Doctor Carlton B Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
USA
10:00 AM — Gather at City Hall steps
10:30 AM — Hearing at the Government Audit & Oversight Committee on ALTERNATIVES to the NEW JAIL! (room to be announced)
Last month, anti-police violence activists and the No New SF Jail Coalition testified to the Board of Supervisors about the racial bias in SFPD and against the new jail. New reports have shown that black women make up 50% of arrests and that black people are 56% of those locked up in SF county jails.
The hearing on alternatives to the new jail scheduled for 6/18 was postponed to July 16th. We need people to mobilize to demand no new jail and to fund alternatives to incarceration!
The imprisonment rate in San Francisco is at a record low, with only about half of the jail capacity being used on any given day. Most of the people in the jail system are pretrial – meaning they have not been convicted or sentenced, and are only imprisoned because they cannot afford bail. People with mental health issues and homeless people also make up a significant number of those locked up. Simple bail reform, mental health diversion programs, and affordable housing would make wasting $290 million on a new jail completely unnecessary.
Organizers against the jail are gearing up for a public hearing on “Alternatives to Jail Rebuild,” sponsored by Supervisor Jane Kim and Board President London Breed. Community members and residents will be mobilizing for the hearing to urge elected officials to invest in effective alternatives to the jail, such as expanded community-based mental health programs, drug treatment, and bail reform.
Read more about the SF Jail Fight here: www.nonewsfjail.wordpress.