To Save Lives, California Must Divest From Criminalization & Incarceration

Criminal Justice and Immigrant Rights Organizations are calling  for Bold Public Health Response Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

In solidarity with the Californians United for a Responsible Budget, Dignity Not Detention, Human Impact Partners and Justice LA coalitions we are seeking support for A Budget to Save Lives.

It a public health imperative to divest from criminalization and incarceration and redirect funds to life-saving community-based services and alternatives to incarceration. Investment in community-based services and alternatives to incarceration must include funding that supports:

• drastic reduction of populations in all carceral facilities: including jails, prisons, youth facilities , and immigrant detention centers
• transitional and permanent supportive housing
• behavioral health and biomedical health community-based treatment
• sponsorship and community-based integration services for immigrants and asylum seekers,
• public and community-based legal services