LA County's jails are criminal. A recent study found that in one decade there were 59 autopsy vetted deaths that were not from natural causes.

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** For more than twelve years, Dignity and Power Now (DPN) has been championing for equitable treatment within the criminal justice system.
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As the Holiday season begins, it is often bittersweet for the families that DPN serves. For them, it is a time of remembering their loved ones who have lost their lives at the hands of the criminal injustice system.
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During this season we are reminded that the the system is broken.

Dignity and Power Now (DPN) has been organizing coalitions and lifting-up the voices of formerly incarcerated people ([link removed]) and fighting for families whose loved ones have died or survived sheriff violence.
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** Meet Helen Jones, activist and program leader at DPN
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The mission of DPN is embedded in the stories of our team members who have had their lives forever fractured by our criminal justice system. Helen Jones, lost her son, John Horton, at the hands of a Sheriff Deputy gang in Men's Central Jail, yet she found the strength to turn her pain into fuel and fight for justice. We are honored to be sharing Helen's story ([link removed]) .
View Helen's Story Here ([link removed])
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** Alongside leaders like Helen, Your support matters!
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** Your time, donations and contributions have helped DPN to successfully:
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** Create a Civilian Sheriff Oversight Commission to stop sheriff violence
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** Develop LA County’s Care First, Jail Last roadmap
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** Pass Measure R, which granted increased civilian oversight and reduced LA's jail population
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** Reform the broken and racist cash bail system
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** Secure 750 more Office of Diversion and Re-entry beds in the October 2022 supplementary budget.
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** With your support, we transform lives, communities and systems!

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Today, we need your donations more than ever as we continue championing and caring for families and individuals who have been negatively impacted by the criminal justice system.

Join us as we elevate the voices of families that have lost loved ones to LA's unjust jail system.

Join us as we tell the stories of those wrongly convicted.

Join us as we create systemic change that puts care first for Black and Brown communities.
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