Talk:No New SF Jail Coalition

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One of the proponents of the project, District Attorney George Gascón, said that San Francisco "should continue to invest in diversion programs to decrease the jail population and that the inmates at County Jail No. 4 should be moved to the city’s three other jails." The Board of Supervisors assembly unanimously rejected the new jail proposal on December 15, 2015 and refused to  allocate $215 million for the project and said "the city should invest instead in diversion programs and mental health services."[1]

Stances on Similar Issues

Alternatives to Incarceration

Opposed not only to the building of a new prison at 850 Bryant St. but also the humans right abuses of people with mental illness in the current San Francisco county jail at that location. A Civil Grand Jury report released on July 14, 2016 detailed how the "The San Francisco jail system serves as a “default mental institution” due to the high number of inmates with mental health problems and needs better staffing, training and procedures for communicating and tracking information about inmates to handle the load."[2] Stated in the report, was a statistic outlining that mental illness is common among inmates and about 31% have been homeless within the past year. This issue ties into the stance the No New SF Coalition has on the different proposal to replace the jail, not with a prison, but instead a a locked facility known as a “Behavioral Health Justice Center”.[3]

Background and History

The No New SF Jail Coalition accepted the Hero Award, presented by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and its Equity Advisory Committee, in order to "acknowledge and honor those individuals and organizations who, through their daily efforts, advance civil and economic rights in San Francisco’s diverse and multicultural communities."[4]

Maxwell moilanen (talk) 06:38, 20 November 2016 (UTC)Max Green, Emily (12/16/15). "No new jail after S.F. supervisors refuse to allocate funds". Check date values in: |date= (help) Jump up ^ "Grand Jury: San Francisco Jail A 'Default Mental Institution'". Jump up ^ "Coalition that stopped new SF jail wins human rights award as jail system blasted by civil grand jury". Jump up ^ "Hero Awards 2016".