Panel: Care First and Jail Last in Santa Clara County

The Community Call to Stop a New Jail and Create Alternatives to Incarceration

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will decide on January 25,2022 whether they will continue to invest in systemic racism and inhumane treatment by building a new jail or explore community based solutions to mental health, substance abuse, and the criminalization of poverty. Panelists will share their insights as to why and how we can build a county that divests from jails in order to create safe, healthy, and thriving communities. In anticipation of the Board of Supervisors vote, we will also release a Decarceration Report to put forward the arguments against the building of a new jail, and share how to impact this critical decision on January 25, 2022.

When: Thursday January 20th at 6pm

Register here to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ji9GUWMMTvWpLatClMaSQA

Panelists include:

Dr. Marce Abare - MD MPH, provides primary medical care for patients recently released from custody and the jail.

Dr. William Armeline - Director of the Human Rights Institute at San Jose State and SV NAACP Justice Chair.

Sajid Khan - Santa Clara County Alternative Public Defender

Cynthia Longs - SV De-Bug organizer who currently has a son incarcerated in Santa Clara County Jail.

Melanie Roland - Attorney with the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

Joseph Vejar - Cofounder of Prisoners United and SV De-Bug organizer who was formerly incarcerated in Santa Clara County Jail.

Hosted by Jose Valle - SV De-Bug Organizer 

Sponsored by the Santa Clara County Care First, Jail Last Coalition and SV De-Bug