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  • Los Angeles Is Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration

    Mark Engler Paul Engler

    August 22, 2022 |

    Dissent Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    JusticeLA, a coalition of community organizations, unions, and activists, performed its own in-depth data analysis and research to help develop a set of recommendations to prioritize treatment and assistance over jail time in Los Angeles County. After the county adopted the recommendations, the grassroots effort successfully campaigned to allocate discretionary funds toward implementing them, providing a sustained budget for the "Care First, Jails Last" agenda.

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