LASD Gangs have run rampant for decades with zero accountability from the Sheriff’s Department or the DA. Thank you @HollyJMitchell for starting a process that should have completed years ago. #GoogleLASDGangs

Reading this while sheriff Luna is asking for even more $$$$$$$ for ANOTHER jail. When will @HildaSolis @HollyJMitchell @LindseyPHorvath @SupJaniceHahn @kathrynbarger wake up and give taxpayers a budget that reflects what we voted for —CARE FIRST.

Monday, March 30th marks the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the Board of Supervisor’s approving the Men’s Central Jail (MCJ) Closure Report, and the 16th angelversary of John Horton the 3rd who was murdered inside MCJ by Deputy gangs.

FOUR people have died in the last SIX days in LA Sheriff’s custody. Four families forever changed just before Christmas. Less than a month ago @LASDHQ were brought to the @LACountyBOS and claimed this crisis would be solved with iPads. It’s time to ACTUALLY close deadly MCJ✊🏾

38 deaths in 38 weeks and @LACountyBOS has still not presented a timeline to close the deadly Men’s Central Jail. The County’s decision to invest in jails is fatal and tragic —and a deliberate choice given the alternatives to incarceration.

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@AGRobBonta is moving in the right direction by acknowledging that LASD cannot and will not stop their negligence and violence voluntarily. But with several lawsuits against the department from families, the DOJ, and @ACLU_SoCal, we need more than that.

It's worth noting that we took statewide action with Terry Lovett less than a month before this lawsuit was announced—targeting every single office of @AGRobBonta across the state. Here's a timeline depicting how we got here:

We have been calling for the actual implementation of recs from LA County's Alternative to Incarceration Report and Men's Central Jail closure report for years— because that is the only way we end the cruelty and deaths at the hands of LASD.

The jail conditions in LA have gotten so horrifically cruel that Attorney General Bonta has announced a lawsuit against the LA Sheriff's Department and the LA County. As the lawsuits mount, LASD continues to defund taxpayers and amass record levels of deaths in their custody. 🧵

36 deaths in 35 weeks. This is the deadliest year in LA sheriffs department custody and most people who have died are pretrial. What more has to happen before @LACountyBOS finally takes the bold steps needed to close Men’s Central Jail?