CAMPAIGNS
Close Men’s Central Jail (JusticeLA)
Dignity and Power NOW is an anchor organization for JusticeLA, a coalition of grassroots organizations, advocates, directly impacted communities, and stakeholders, working to reduce the footprint of incarceration by stopping jail expansion and reclaiming, reimagining and reinvesting dollars away from incarceration and into community-based systems of care.
Together we are fighting to Close Down Men’s Central jail through policy advocacy and mobilizing with our communities. In 2017, JusticeLA successfully pushed the County to cancel a $3.5 billion dollar plan to expand Men’s Central Jail. Members of our coalition, volunteers, and community have given thousands of hours to the County in an effort to move towards a Care First, Jails Last reality. Through these partnerships, collaboration, and public access we have jointly created: 1) the Care First, Jails Last ATI Report, 2) Men’s Central Jail Closure Report, and 3) the Measure J year one spending plan.
Coalition for Parole Justice (Pennsylvania)
Founded by Dignity and Power Now, Color of Change, the Abolitionist Law Center, Frontline Dads, and Unincarcerated Minds, the Coalition for Parole Justice is a network of directly impacted advocates, legal advocates, national civil rights, and grassroots organizations that seeks to eradicate the use of long term parole that extends the carceral state into Black and Brown communities and continues cycles of incarceration.
Join our mailing list for updates. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @parolejustice.
Preserve the Presumption of Innocence (Care First California)
Dignity and Power NOW is also an anchor organization of the Care First California coalition. The Care First California Coalition is an alliance of community organizations, directly impacted people, state and national advocacy groups, civil rights advocates, and public defenders who seek to replace the carceral system with a system that provides support and care for all people in need.
We have joined together to promote comprehensive pretrial reform through our legislative model “Preserving the Presumption of Innocence” (PPI) that ends money bail, rejects risk assessments, dramatically reduces the number of people eligible for pretrial incarceration, guarantees due process rights, and develops community-based pretrial services and supports for survivors of crime, completely independent of law enforcement.
No CARE Court
The NO CARE Court coalition is composed of mental health, houseless, and civil rights advocates, leading campaign efforts to kill SB 1338 “CARE Courts”, while amplifying the voices of Black and Brown communities. SB 1338 will mandate court-ordered forced treatment and medication for unhoused and mentally disabled populations, with consequences of state conservatorship, criminal penalties, and punitive damages for those who do not comply. The NO CARE Court coalition highlights that Black and Brown communities will be disproportionately impacted by CARE Courts, as it is an extension of the carceral system.
– No CARE Court one-pager
– SB 1338_No CARE Court_Factsheet
Check the Sheriff Coalition (Law Enforcement Accountability)
Dignity and Power NOW is an anchor organization for the Check the Sheriff Coalition, a community coalition centered on uplifting the voices of families surviving the violence of the LA County Sheriff’s Department. The coalition works alongside families impacted by Sheriff violence to advocate for oversight and accountability in LASD. Check the Sheriff aims to raise awareness of the presence of violent deputy gangs within the Sheriff’s Department and continues to fight for transparency and oversight of LASD by the County. Currently, the coalition is working on a measure that would amend the L.A. County Charter to maximize civilian oversight and common-sense checks and balances over the sheriff and LASD.
For questions and inquiries about our campaigns and how to participate, please email:
campaigns@dignityandpowernow.org | justicelanow@gmail.com