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DESCRIPTION:At least 6 people have died in the county jail while in the hands of the 
 Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Department and California Forensics Medical Group 
 (CFMG) since August 2012. In April 2013, Sin Barras organized a historic 
 march and speakout, highlighting sheriff violence faced by people inside 
 the County Jail that inspired the Santa Cruz County Grand Jury to 
 investigate the jail’s deadly conditions. The grand jury report named the 
 April 6th demonstration as a primary catalyst for the investigation. In 
 September 2014, the Grand Jury released its Final Report, which included 
 recommendations to improve physical and mental health services in the jail. 
 Nearly all of the research was met with utter denial from the Sheriff‘s 
 Department and CFMG, continuing a trend of disrespect for the community and 
 confirming that they operate with little to no accountability.\nSin Barras 
 is organizing a demonstration on January 24th to demand immediate medical 
 and safety measures be met to reduce harm faced by those presently 
 incarcerated. We demand that the County Board of Supervisors cancel its 
 contract with CFMG and refuse to participate in the current wave of county 
 jail expansion. These deaths are an act of collective punishment against 
 people who are most in need of aid, and who are consistently denied 
 community-based resources and drug treatment. While we fight for immediate 
 solutions, we do so with a commitment to dismantling the prison system once 
 and for all, brick by brick, wall by wall.\nThe deaths in the jail are 
 caused by the same pattern of unaccountability that recently allowed 
 Officer Darren Wilson to walk free after killing Michael Brown. From 
 Ferguson to Santa Cruz, it is clear that our criminal justice system 
 targets the most vulnerable members of this society: women, trans and queer 
 people, people of color, people with disabilities, the poor, and the 
 homeless. Without overwhelming pressure from our communities, this pattern 
 will continue.\n“The ideas which can and will sustain our movement for 
 total freedom and dignity of the people cannot be imprisoned, for they are 
 to be found in the people, all the people, wherever they are.”\n– Huey 
 P. Newton\nUpdates will be ongoing // here’s what you can do right 
 now:\n- Write a letter of solidarity with your organization\nDistribute 
 through your networks & email to: sinbarras@gmail.com\n- Spread the word on 
 Facebook!\n- Co-sponsor the action & attend planning meetings!\nFor meeting 
 time and location, email: 
 sinbarras@gmail.com\n_________________________________________________________________\nCo-sponsored 
 by:\nSanta Cruz County Community Coalition to Overcome Racism (SCCCCOR), 
 and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Santa 
 Cruz.\nEndorsed by:\nBato Talamantez; Cabrillo College Justice League; 
 California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Direct Action Monterey Network; 
 Family of Frank Alvarado Jr., killed by Salinas Police, July 10, 2014; Food 
 Not Bombs; Freedom Archives; George Lippman, Vice-Chair, Berkeley Peace and 
 Justice Commission, for purposes of identification; International Concerned 
 Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal (ICFFMAJ); Justice for the Dallas 6 
 Support Campaign, Pittsburgh, PA; Legal Services for Prisoners with 
 Children; National Boricua Human Rights Network; Project Pollinate; Rabbi 
 Borukh Goldberg; Ramona Africa and The MOVE Organization; San Francisco Bay 
 View National Black Newspaper; South Bay/Santa Cruz Facilitators group of 
 the Pachamama Alliance; Suppressed Histories Archives (Max Dashu)\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/06/18766493.php
SUMMARY:Cages Kill! Freedom Rally
LOCATION:Clock Tower\nSanta Cruz, California 95060
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/06/18766493.php
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