>From Global Women's Strike/LA: l...@allwomencount.net Protest Against a New Women's Jail in Castaic
This Saturday, May 18th at Noon At The Pitchess Detention Center - North Facility 29320 The Old Road, Castaic 91384 - 38 Miles from Downtown LA Free Carpool at 10:00 AM from Chuco's Justice Center 1137 E. Redondo Blvd, Inglewood 90302 and Skid Row (Email for Details) To RSVP for the Action <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4T4Kae5vOPj6giC6qZRKGYAh89FL4RSE> Here! For Free Carpool or Questions, Please Email: c...@criticalresistance.org Dear Friends, Global Women’s Strike/LA is supporting actions including the action in Castaic this Saturday to stop the building of a new women’s jail in LA County. With the safety net in shreds including the dismantling of welfare as a right for the most impoverished mothers and with minimum wage levels so low that families cannot survive, women are the fastest growing population of those going to prison. When welfare is cut the number of women arrested for prostitution increases. The vast majority of women being incarcerated are single mothers with a disproportionate impact on women of color. Single mothers and our children are the fastest growing population among the homeless in LA County. As the economic crisis deepens, women are forced to do whatever we can to keep a roof over our heads & feed our children resulting in increasing numbers of moms being criminalized. And those who are criminalized face discrimination in the waged work force and are also not eligible for compensation if they are raped or suffer other violence. Additionally mothers who are incarcerated are vulnerable to losing their parental rights with their children ending up in foster care or adopted out to strangers. We say no to money for new jails and yes to money for welfare, housing and other resources to keep families together, rather than tearing families apart! - - - http://img.ymlp214.net/wfhla_image001_50.jpg <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NJoytjSCc0mtcVq%2Fcu4uyoAh89FL4RSE> Please let us know if you can make it! <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mV8EnVHtlyDnqv7hm0V%2BtIAh89FL4RSE> RSVP Here <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qCA385RU73H9eyChst7k64Ah89FL4RSE> http://img.ymlp214.net/wfhla_image002_316.jpg LA County Sheriff Baca wants to spend $100 million to expand the Pitchess Detention Center in the City of Castaic. His proposed expansion would cage over 1,000 women, girls, and trans people—most of them from poor and working communities of color. LA County Board of Supervisors is giving him time to shore up his schemes. If they think that we’ll sit by and watch a thousand more people from our communities get locked up, we need to prove them wrong! Come out to Castaic on Saturday, May 18th, and stand against this jail. Defeating the jail in Castaic helps defend against the negative impacts of imprisonment in Los Angeles County—and it helps us to strengthen our ability to fight for the healthy, stable communities we want and deserve! What: Protest Against a New Women's Jail in Castaic When: Saturday, May 18th at Noon Where: Pitchess Detention Center, North Facility, 29320 The Old Road, Castaic, CA 91384 (38 miles from downtown LA) Carpool: at 10am from Chuco's Justice Center (1137 E. Redondo Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90302) and Skid Row (email for details) To RSVP for the action <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4T4Kae5vOPj6giC6qZRKGYAh89FL4RSE> Here! For free carpool or questions, please email <mailto:c...@criticalresistance.org> c...@criticalresistance.org. Who: Critical Resistance, No More Jails LA, Youth Justice Coalition, Coalition to End Sheriff Violence, Global Women's Strike, Californians United for a Responsible Budget and more. In solidarity, http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51040/images/Headshots%20and%20Signatures/DianaZuniga.pnghttp://img.ymlp214.net/wfhla_image005_11.jpg Diana Zuñiga LA No More Jails & Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) P.S. If you haven't already, please check out our CURB's 2012 Annual Report <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BcV%2Bgbl4ra%2F2S09Rv2x7cHvufXcuXESD> ! 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