Six in-custody deaths in Contra Costa's jails made it by rate the deadliest big jail system in the state last year.
(The sheriff recently told the county Board of Supervisors he had no way to compare to oher counties. I figured this out in an hour.) https://t.co/bCKoNDpJPW
Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered 50 years ago today. Despite making his birthday a holiday and giving him a statue in D.C., racism and injustice persist.
Across the country, people are held in jail pretrial because they can't pay to get out. It happens in Contra Costa County every day. https://t.co/935DwjhkcV
We sent photojournalist @msantiagophotos to @LegalAidNYC's @DecarcerateNYC project where he saw firsthand how easily the money bail system can impact low-income people's lives: https://t.co/fOyZ2q1wlT #RethinkJails