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Youth and SF Board majority back Shamann Walton’s proposal to close Juvenile Hall because ‘all you learn is how to survive in prison’

  • SF Bayview
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  • Apr 12, 2019

“We envision a San Francisco where safety does not mean putting youth in cages, and where communities are trusted to have the solutions,” said Jessica Nowlan, executive director of Young Women’s Freedom Center.

Separation at the border follows nation’s pattern of justice — hit women of color hardest

  • USA Today
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  • Mar 27, 2019

Op-ed by Gina Clayton-Johnson and Marisa Franco on how women of color bear brunt of mass incarceration crisis. As confinement for group grows, financial burdens and isolation from loved ones remain disproportionate.

Activist and ex-prisoner Eddy Zheng: ‘How do we humanize each other?’

  • The Guardian
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  • Feb 07, 2019

The youth organizer, who spent two decades in California’s San Quentin prison, credits a grassroots education with saving his life

Woman facing deportation because Alameda sheriff’s deputies notified ICE, attorneys say

  • KTVU
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  • Dec 12, 2018

An Oakland woman is facing deportation after Alameda County sheriff’s deputies alerted federal immigration agents that she was being released from jail. “Sanctuary law violations have devastating consequences for our clients. They can catapult individuals and their families into a deportation crisis that cannot be undone,” said Raha Jorjani, supervising immigration defense attorney with the […]