Protect Your People (eBook)

How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration

Raj Jayadev (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
160 Seiten
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-62097-806-1 (ISBN)

Infos

An eye-opening look at participatory defense, the innovative practice that allows the loved ones of those charged with crimes to help influence the outcome of court cases, by the MacArthur Awardwinning activistThe courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affected by incarceration can become agents of changeeven though they are not lawyers or judges. Writing for those new to activism and seasoned organizers alike, celebrated criminal justice advocate Raj Jayadev provides a comprehensive introduction to participatory defense, the incredibly effective community organizing model that leads to better outcomes for criminal cases, shifting power in courtrooms along the way.In lively, accessible prose, Jayadev presents remarkable stories from organizers across the country who demonstrate how participatory defense has led to acquittals, dismissed and reduced charges, and prevented lengthy prison sentences. Lifting up a radical vision of community intervention, Protect Your People also addresses bail hearings, deportation cases, and youth threatened with transfer to adult court, showing that real change is possible when ordinary people step into Americas courtrooms and get involved.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.8.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: abolish the police • community bail funds • Community Organizing • Court watching • criminal injustice • formerly incarcerated • Grassroots • Mass Incarceration • participatory defense • police violence • prison abolition • Public Defender • Restorative Justice • wrongful conviction
• ISBN-10: 1-62097-806-7 / 1620978067
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62097-806-1 / 9781620978061