Note: this episode contains strong language. As a growing number of staff and incarcerated people have tested positive for COVID-19 inside Santa RIta Jail in Alameda County, Jose Bernal (Ella Baker Center Organizing Manager) and Amber Akemi Piatt (Health Instead of Punishment Program Director, Human Impact Partners) discuss decarceration, abolition, public health during COVID-19, and the need to hold Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern - the Bay Area version of the infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio - accountable.
For information about community efforts to decarcerate Santa Rita Jail, go to: https://ellabakercenter.org/SRJwatch
Learn more about Human Impact Partners' Health Instead of Punishment Project.
Lukas Guilket made a documentary about Barabara Doss' fight to learn what happened to her son inside Santa RIta Jail, go to What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong? to watch the trailer.