by crimmigration | Apr 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ivan Santos, 20 years old, was killed Tuesday night, March 25th at approximately 9:30pm near La Brea and Hyde Park in Inglewood, California. He was a childhood friend to several YJC youth. Please send support for the family to cover burial and funeral expenses, c/o...
by crimmigration | Mar 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Please take a few minutes to send a letter of support in for SB 970 BY TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST in order to PREVENT AND SEVERELY LIMIT THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN STATE AND COUNTY JUVENILE LOCK-UPS. Directly below is a sample letter. Letters need to be faxed to...
by crimmigration | Mar 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Please push the California State Legislature to pass AB 1756 and eliminate the fees charged by some counties to have youth records sealed. 1. ATTEND THE HEARING, TUESDAY (3/25/14) AT 9AM, IN ROOM 126, STATE CAPITOL: If you are in Sacramento on Tuesday, March 25th,...
by crimmigration | Mar 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
GIDEON’S ARMY follows the personal stories of Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander and June Hardwick, three young public defenders who are part of a small group of idealistic lawyers in the South challenging the assumptions that drive a criminal justice system strained...
by crimmigration | Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
On February 10, 2014, we mobilized to challenge solitary confinement in California. We held a press conference with Authors Senator Leland Yee and Assemblyman Steven Bradford and the bill’s sponsors – Youth Justice Coalition, Ella Baker Center,...
