#TeamJustice is a coalition of partners who are committed to doing the work in state legislations to create meaningful changes in our criminal justice system under the equity and justice lens for the Black and Brown communities.

📣 There is a vote on May 23rd at the Board of Supervisors on the initiative #SafetyThroughServices proposed by Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer. Please submit an e-comment to tell the Board it's time to save taxpayer money, it’s time to stop lock
📢 Jails have become the main response to our region’s failure to address poverty, inequality, homelessness, and mental health. It's expensive, it’s inequitable, and it’s failing. There is a vote on May 23rd at the Board of Supervis
Price gouging is an unfair burden for incarcerated people and their families! #markdownthemarkups #SB474 #CALeg #basicsact #statelegislation #teamjusticesd
In a report from Impact Justice, 3/5 of formerly incarcerated people surveyed said they couldn't afford canteen purchases. 75% said access to food was limited by their family’s income. Eliminate mark-ups on canteens across CA state prisons! #SB
Repost from @jessesplaceorg • via @coalitionforfamilyunity Support SB474 (Becker) The BASIC(s) Act and #MarkDownTheMarkUps in Canteen at California State Prisons
We have the data. We know it's wrong. Let's make a change! No more markups!! #markdownthemarkups #caleg #teamjusticesd #sb474 #statelegislation ID: White brick background with blue transparent overlay. Text in black. #markdownthemarkups in yellow.
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Sharing! #SB474 by Senator Becker - the BASIC(s) Act (Basic, Affordable Supplies for Incarcerated Californians) - is headed to the Senate Appropriations committee. Here’s what your org can do today to help SB 474 make it through Approps! Org
Thank you to all the organizations that have joined us in supporting SB474! Thanks to you 42% of support letters for SB474 have come from San Diego County. We also want to should out the wonderful San Diego Legislator @Assemblymember Akilah Weber, MD
SB474 passed Senate Public Safety and is heading to Senate Appropriations! #markdownthemarkups #caleg #teamjusticesd #sb474 #statelegislation ID: White brick background with dark gray transparent overlay. Text in black. #markdownthemarkups in yello
This legislative season #Teamjusticesd is supporting SB474 (Becker) The BASIC(S) Act. SB474 will eliminate markups on all canteen items sold in California state prisons to make basic necessities in prison more affordable. Canteen markups are a financ
SB1008 (Becker), the “Keep Families Connected Act,” becomes law!! As of 1/1/23, California inmates and their loved ones will not be charged for calls, making CA the 2nd state in the country to take such action. Governor Newsom signed t
Action Alert! We have learned that the Senate Appropriations Hearing for AB1630 will be in early August. There are still people taking calls in the Senators’ Capitol offices during the July recess. If you have not gotten a chase to contact the
All Californians are harmed by a system in which jails and prisons are the default treatment setting for individuals with severe mental illness. We believe in a better California! Nearly 1 in 6 Californians have a diagnosed mental health condition. T
Time-Sensitive Action: Contact the Senate Appropriations Committee about AB1630 before summer recess (starting July 1st) Call the members of the Senate Appropriations Committee: Dem - 25 | Senator Portantino | Chair | (916)651-4025 Rep - 36 | Senat
Senate Public Safety passes AB1630! 3 more steps until our bill will be signed into law. AB1630 will now go in front of Senate Appropriations. We'll be posting action steps later this week! #passAB1630 #CALeg #momsagainsttorture #teamjusticesd
🛎Urgent action! Time to call! Call-in to Senate Public Safety hearing starting soon using the directions at https://tinyurl.com/senate-call-in AB1630 is 3rd on the agenda so it will come up quickly. State your name/affiliation/connection to the bi
📣Time-Sensitive Action: AB1630 Senate Public Safety hearing 6/21 Call script: “Hi, my name is __. I’m a California resident, and I am urging the Member and the rest of the Public Safety Committee Members to support AB 1630, the Vulnerab
Due process is a requirement that legal matters be resolved according to established rules and principles, and that individuals be treated fairly. Every person in the United States is owed this constitutional right. Yet, under current California law
Help #PassSB300 through appropriations. Phone numbers and call script at teamjusticesd.org/action Repost from @surjbayarea • Sentencing someone to die in prison is unheard of in much of the world, yet it's common practice in California. #SB300