Protesters call for changes in criminal legal system: no new jails and no to current sheriff | News

No to Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith and no to a new jail. The message was heard loud and clear from the roughly 30 protestors, activists and families impacted by the criminal legal system who gathered in front of the Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose Friday afternoon. The protest, organized by Silicon Valley De-Bug and a coalition of community and justice groups called “Care First, Jail Last,” held the rally to call on the county to reinvest the nearly $400 million allocated for construction of a new jail into a mental health facility — shifting the…

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