Getting Out & Getting Free: June’s Abolition in Action Event
Jesus “Frisco Lens” shared his experience of being in and out of SF jails with No New SF Jail Coalition in preparation for our June Abolition in Action Series event on Reentry support & services–Getting Out & Getting Free. Jesus is one of 8 grassroots experts speaking at our event. Listen to his experience hear:
Press Coverage for #ShutDown850 Campaign:
2020:
- To Build a Stronger San Francisco, 850 Bryant Must Go. Op-ed in SF Examiner. April 23, 2020. Read here.
- San Francisco Supervisor proposes permanently shutting down troubled county jail. Peninsula Press. April 20, 2020. Read and watch video here.
- Campaign seeks to close jail at Hall of Justice: Sup. Fewer bill would shutter the dirty, dangerous, old facility by Nov. 1. 48 Hills. April 16, 2020. Read here.
- “COVID-19 Capitalism…” UpFront on KPFA, Melissa Hernandez talks about NoNewSFJails’ fight to #ShutDown850 and Fewer’s ordinance. April 15, 2020. Listen here (Melissa starts at 1:34:40).
- Amid Coronavirus Threat, SF Supe Seeks Rapid Closure of Dilapidated Jail. SF Chronicle. March 24, 2020. Read here.
- Santa Rita is not the Solution for Housing San Francisco’s Jail Population: The City Must Find Other Ways to Close the Seismically Unsafe County Jail #4. SF Examiner. March 15, 2020. Read here.
2019
- I was Incarcerated at 850 Bryant as a Youth. It Needs to be Finally Closed: The Movement to Shut Down the Juvenile Justice Center Needs to Include County Jail 4. SF Examiner. April 23, 2019. Read here
2018
- San Francisco Officials Wanted to Close a Dilapidated Jail by 2019. So why is it still open? Dec 14, 2018. Read here.
- San Francisco’s Earthquake-Unsafe Jail Leaves Prisoners in Peril. Oct 15, 2018. Read here.
- Do the Math: More Arrests will fill the jail, not close it. Feb 24, 2018. Read here.
Media for our campaign Defeating a Proposed New Jail:
- You can find other examples of our visual media here.
Press Coverage
2015
Coverage from Dec 15th Board Vote to Reject New Jail Proposal
- San Francisco Officials Propose Mental Health Facility to Replace Jail Plan
Jan 5, 2016. Read here. - No New Jail after SF supervisors refuse to allocate funds
Dec 16, 2015. Read here. - SF supes unanimously turn down plan to build new jail
Dec 15, 2015. Read here. - SF supes unanimously reject proposal for new $240 million jail
Dec 15, 2015. Read here.
- All Eyes on San Francisco: Stopping the Prison Industrial Complex, One Jail at a Time
Dec 11, 2015. Read here.
- POOR magazine
Dec 8, 2015. Read here.
- S.F. should drop new jail idea, tap alternatives to incarceration
Dec 7, 2015. Read here.
- Peskin In, Jail Out
Dec 7, 2015. Read here.
- Protesters turn out at hearing for proposed jail, force members to go into recess
Dec 2, 2015. Read here.
- Protesters Shut Down City Hall Meeting on New San Francisco Jail Proposal
Dec 2, 2015. Read here.
- The time is now to stop the SF jail
Dec 1, 2015. Read here.
NBC Bay Area’s coverage of our Town Hall meeting on May 30, 2015
Footage from our mobilization to the the environmental review community meeting in San Francisco.
Watch Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
More Past Articles
San Francisco should fund effective programs, not a new jail – SF Chronicle, by Supervisor Jane Kim
The problem isn’t the sheriff – it’s the jail – SF Examiner, by Andrew Szeto
S.F. jail inmates forced to fight, public defender says – SF Chronicle, by Vivian Ho
No to Prison Industrial Complex: San Francisco’s Trans Community Responds to Brutal Murders – Truthout, by Toshio Meronek.
The waste, inequity of filling jails with those who can’t make bail – SF Chronicle, by Jeff Adachi and Naneen Karraker
All media and press from 2014 and before can be found here.
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