[1]Real Justice

John, jail is not
where you send sick people to get better.

About 30% of the jail population in Los Angeles county has a mental health
diagnosis or are housed in mental health housing units. That’s over 5,500
people suffering in cages without the proper healthcare that they need.

This past week, we were able to pass Yes on R in LA with the support of
people like you. Yes on R will increase access to mental healthcare and
drug treatment services for people who are incarcerated in LA jails.

This is just the first step in reforming our broken prison system and how
we care for mental health and substance abuse in our country. We need you
to continue to invest in our movement to take apart the mass incarceration
machine that punishes mental illness instead of treating it.



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to the rest of the county?

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The consequences of being cramped into these jail cells can be worse
mental health and even death. Mental illness cannot be helped by caging a
person who is suffering. 60% of those individuals with mental health
diagnoses in LA county jails can be safely diverted into healthcare
programs.

My brother is one of the many people who, when struggling with mental
illness, deserved care, dignity, and healing – but instead were given
harm, neglect, and criminalization.

Our current system isn’t the system that we have to live with. I challenge
all of us to imagine a world that pushes forth care and healing – and
eliminates punishment.

This ballot measure can be replicated in counties and districts across the
nation, but we need the resources to continue to advocate and push for
change.

[ [link removed] ]Chip in today so that we have the funds we need to bring reform
policies like Yes on R to criminal justice systems around our country.

We will make progress, one county and district at a time.

Patrisse Cullors

Freedom fighter, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, founder and chair of
Yes on R, and California Director for Real Justice


 
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