Decarcerate Sacramento

A Sacramento County coalition working to prevent jail expansion, decrease the jail population & shift public funds towards life-affirming services.

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Important article on Sac Sheriff's shameful economic exploitation feat. our very own Kari Hamilton, formerly incarcerated in our jails.

343 people collectively owe $12,651 for items like soap.

Inmate Welfare Fund had over $16M in it @ end of last year.

https://t.co/u9ryoFl2Yd

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💜 Join us as we continue to fight for housing, healing, and liberation.

Here’s to six years of resistance—and many more to come. If you would like to continue sustaining our work, please donate here: https://t.co/MSdzxL1bRy (in bio)

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and organizers into a powerful coalition that has:
🔥 Stopped multiple jail expansion attempts
📣 Exposed corruption and harmful spending at the county level
🧠 Educated thousands on alternatives to incarceration

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Whether you’ve shown up at a rally, called into a board meeting, shared a post, or helped someone through the jail hotline—you’ve been part of this movement. Thank you. We’ve come a long way, and we’re just getting started.

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🎉 Decarcerate Sacramento Turns 6 Today!

Today six years since Decarcerate Sacramento came together to stop jail expansion and fight for real community safety rooted in care—not cages.

Since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown from a small group of directly impacted residents

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The County keeps ignoring community demands and pushing for a new jail. But more cages are not the answer. Sacramento deserves real safety—through care, housing, and support—not incarceration.

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At a recent Board of Supervisors meeting, county officials claimed that reducing the jail population isn’t practical—using this excuse to push for new jail construction. But this is false. Jail population reduction is not only possible—it’s legally required under

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the Mays Consent Decree. Sheriff Cooper refuses to take responsibility for harmful booking practices and has even called minimal medical screenings “excessive”—despite nine in-custody deaths this year, including David Barefield Sr., who died hours after a five-minute screening.

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✊🏽 Tell the Board of Supervisors:
🔺 Delay the vote
🔺 Reject the $20M for jail expansion
🔺 Invest in care, not cages

📧 Can’t make it in person?
Submit a written comment: [email protected]
📲 Take action & access the full toolkit: https://t.co/5QxZtzLTFl (link in bio)

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📣 CALL TO ACTION: SHOW UP THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH! 📣

Sacramento County is trying to push through a 1,000-page budget with only a week's notice — and it includes $20 million for jail construction reserves while cutting vital services.

🗓 Wednesday, June 4th @ 9:30AM

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📍 700 H St, Sacramento We need to pack the room and make our voices heard.

The budget:
🚨 Prioritizes jail construction over public health
🚨 Cuts programs that prevent incarceration
🚨 Undermines transparency and community input

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Sign up to our Community List here: https://t.co/i33wXTuAiw

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Pretrial reform and accountability is a critical piece of reducing Sacramento County's jail population which is over 80% pretrial. Swipe to learn more about pretrial reform and what needs to change locally. Stay tuned for updates and calls to action! 📢

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🚨 JAIL FIGHT UPDATE! 🚨

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted to officially suspend the Main Jail expansion project—an important victory made possible by our collective power! 💪🏽 ~60 people showed up in person and about 25 wrote in to demand real solutions
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including those who are currently or formerly incarcerated. What’s next? We will keep fighting to reduce the jail population while building people power inside Sacramento jails. Stay engaged and ready to take action!
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