Care First CA
@CareFirstCA
The Care First CA Coalition is an alliance of over 20 organizations who seek to replace the carceral system with a system that provides support & care for all.
ICE's use of electronic monitoring has rapidly expanded. Now, more than 200,000 people on any given day are regularly surveilled & detained by ICE – over 4x as many as a decade ago.
80% of women in jails are mothers, and most of them are primary caretakers of their children. Mass incarceration has a ripple effect, causing trauma that can last generations within a single family.
We stand in unwavering solidarity with immigrant communities and families impacted by the Los Angeles ICE raids. 🧡 cc: @bajitweet @chirla #Immigration #NoICE #WeKeepUsSafe #LosAngeles #Community
Families of victims killed by LA police are turning grief into action. With LA County paying $104 million in police misconduct settlements in 2023, families organize to push state legislation targeting police interrogations, oversight, and transparency. lapublicpress.org/2025/05/famili…
Join us Wednesday for this free virtual Know Their Rights event and educational training for our community members! ✊🏾 Zoom link: tinyurl.com/AOCkyr
Last year, the LA Sheriff’s Department spent $458 MILLION on overtime. That’s more than double what they spent in 2020-2021, and a huge chunk of change – even out of the department’s massive $4 billion budget.
🚨 Kern County Jails reported 11 in-custody deaths in 2023 — 6 by suicide, highest ever recorded. Declining jail populations, rising death toll raises serious questions. Any accountability? Who's protecting the incarcerated? #InCustodyDeaths #JusticeReform #EndMassIncarceration
🗣️ Moving Pretrial Reform in the Right Direction by Preserving the Presumption of Innocence (PPI) is critical for our communities! The harms of pretrial detention target poor people and people in black and brown communities in California.
📌Join us TUESDAY at 500 West Temple 🥁Rally at 8:30am 🗣️Board Meeting starts at 9:30 👉🏾In-person Comment after the Men’s Central Jail Closure Presentation 👉🏾Live Phone Comment (if you’re away) THIS IS THE TIME TO SHOW UP FOR ABOLITION. 🥁RSVP: jlanow.org/april8rally
THREE people died in LASD custody this Sunday, March 30th. With 15 deaths so far in 2025, we’re outpacing the last 20 years for deaths in @LASDHQ custody. @LACountyBOS is currently meeting, but they will once again not be discussing this crisis. LASD is stationed at the door.
The LA jails just posted their 15th in-custody death for this calendar year:
Join us Sunday, March 30th to honor the angelversary of John Horton & talk with the @CABSCC Director of In-Custody Deaths Review about how her new position can support families impacted by the LA in-custody deaths crisis 🚨 Register @ bit.ly/liveslostLA
There have been 9 deaths in LASD custody in the first 9 weeks of 2025. LA County has still not set forth the MCJ closure plan from March 30th, 2021. This report outlined how to close the jail in 18-24 months. Join us on April 1st at the board to demand #NoMoreDelay, #CloseMCJ!
Weeks after the Hughes fire came within half a mile of the Castaic jails, inmates and their families are still haunted by the what-ifs: latimes.com/california/sto…