AC Justice Project

The AC Justice Project is a community organizing model for communities to impact the criminal court system. Our approach is called Participatory Defense.

[San Mateo County Participatory Defense @SanMateoDefense]

Vallejo family!!! Please text or call
@Tim4Assembly
to let him know the importance of supporting #AB333!! Cause #GangEnhancementsAreHellaRacist!!!

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In CA, over 90% of adults caged in prisons with gang enhancements are either Black or Latino. If we want to challenge systemic racism in a tangible, real, life-saving, way - not just slogans and speeches - state legislators must follow @sydneykamlager's lead and support #AB333!✊🏾

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All the love & power to @FoxandRob as we join the @pdmnola family in LA celebrating their anniversary today and their incredible freedom journey told through THE film of our era @timemovie which is up for an #Oscar tomorrow!#WhenWeFightWeWin!!! #ParticipatoryDefense #TimeSaved

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Emmanuel Mendoza is a father, husband, community member who walks in faith. He deserves to be home, his young family needs him home. Justice delivered would mean he is free. @CAgovernor has the power to make that happen. PLEASE SIGN/SHARE this petition! https://t.co/5S1SMXULhH

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Fox and Rob who lead the New Orleans Participatory Defense Hub @PDMNola sharing truth on why #MamaGlo should home - after 51 YEARS in Louisiana prison. MamaGlo should have been home years ago!!!

[San Mateo County Participatory Defense @SanMateoDefense]

Pls share & sign the petition for brother Azrael Vargas! He's been making positive change in our communities & deserves mental health diversion not incarceration. The community is better served if he continues to rehabilitate. https://t.co/3dXd8JEEL3 @ContraCostaDA@DADianaBecton

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CA Supreme Court decision regarding Mr. Humphrey coming down tomorrow - this will set the path of what the fight for pretrial justice looks like statewide and nationally...

[Law Foundation ***Inactive*** @LawFoundationSV]

MUST READ 👇‼️ Health Directing Attorney @MsAConner: "The county must immediately take action to prevent needless suffering and death."
@svdebug @SCCgov

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"Jacob was 1 of those kids who needed a program, help & instead he was in juvenile hall, the ranch, prison & now he's dead. I don't want other families to go through this," -Rosie at our editorial mtg with women who lost family to #PoliceViolence & are ending this harmful system.

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We Won!!! CA Supreme Court declared #SB1391 constitutional! This means DA's can't try transfer youth under 16 to adult court!!! This is over attempts from Santa Clara County DA Office who still wanted to transfer our kids. #WhenWeFightWeWin for our children! Here's the presser!✊🏾

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UPDATE: Jury just came back -- NOT GUILTY!!!!✊🏾 Like the movement always shows us - When We Fight We Win!!! #Justice4JuliusIrving #ParticipatoryDefense

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This is Day 8 of the Santa Clara County Hunger Strike to protest inhumane treatment and conditions. Please listen to the demands directly coming from those in 7B of Main Jail. The are #CagedinCOVID without any basic health protections.

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SJPD officer killed Jacob within 20 seconds of pulling him over.
He got promoted.
Officer Pina then made national news for assaulting a young San Jose couple at a hotel.
He is still on the force.
Officer Pina must be fired.
Sign and share our petition: https://t.co/PAAbC3IqlR

[Decarcerate Alameda County @decarcerateAC]

We're hosting a press conference MONDAY MORNING at 10a! Did you know there's a COVID-19 outbreak in #SantaRitaJail? Hear from directly impacted folks, lawyers, & advocates who are collectively working to #FreeSRJ & #DefundTheSheriff to promote public health in the jail & county!

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Thank u Alec! Respect to u, the @CivRightsCorps and @sfdefender team for fighting for pretrial justice in California - and special salute and respect for Mr. Humphrey who knew fighting for his own liberation meant fighting for the freedom of thousands more!

[AC Justice Project @ACJProject]

“My husband was in 24 hour lockdown, until they did a hunger strike” - Debug organizer Benee Vejar reflecting on the long journey that ultimately stopped the building of a new jail in Santa Clara County!✊🏾🙏🏾

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The end of 2020 also marks the most significant decarceration victory in Santa Clara County history-as the community STOPPED the building a new jail! See Benee's moving reflection of the struggle that started with hunger strikes & grew to an unstoppable freedom force!#FreeThemAll

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Early morning, 2 days b4 Xmas, he left the gates of San Quentin after 13 yrs. The inhumanity of CA's sentencing scheduled him to be locked up for decades longer, but due to his fortitude+his family's faith+the incredible work of @ForThePeople_CA today is a day of freedom!

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WELCOME HOME to our brother Kennard!!! Over 13 years ago, he was sentenced to decades of incarceration. We remember his dad coming to #participatorydefense meetings even back then, full of faith he would bring him home sooner... (1/2)

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Correctional officers partying, sharing beer bongs, & proudly posting bout it on Facebook. Coincides with an outbreak of COVID in the jail. This is why mass release is only option - these CO’s have repeatedly proven they don’t care if they bring COVID into the jail!#FreeThemAll

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