Getting Real About Public Safety: LA DEFENSA

What's Next, Los Angeles? with Mike Bonin

Does our criminal justice system work? Does it really provide for public safety? Or is it a broken, racist system that makes society’s troubles even worse? I talk with leaders of La Defensa, a nonprofit working to end our reliance on jails, cash bail, and a system that throws people away.
Guests:
Ivette Alé-Ferlito, executive director and co-founder, La Defensa
Megan Castillo, ReImagine LA Coalition Coordinator, La Defensa
Gabriela Vázquez, Deputy Director, La Defensa
La Defensa: https://ladefensa.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladefensx/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladefensx/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJNyAax_3VApe5qtRExmWw


Re-Imagine LA: https://reimagine.la/
Defenders of Justice judicial slate: https://www.thedefendersofjusticela.com/
Court Watch LA: https://courtwatchla.org/

Chapter

1. Getting Real About Public Safety: LA DEFENSA (00:00:00)

2. Guest Introduction (00:01:30)

3. What is La Defensa? (00:07:21)

4. Mass Incarceration (00:08:10)

5. Exposing the Judiciary (00:09:40)

6. Alternatives to Incarceration (00:14:33)

7. Breaking the Cycle of Harm (00:21:15)

8. Restorative Justice (00:24:47)

9. Measure J: Care First (00:27:14)

10. Judicial Accountability (00:47:22)

11. Court Watch (00:52:54)

12. The Defenders of Justice (01:02:30)

13. Cash Bail (01:11:26)