On Nov 19, 2023, thousands of people - families with children and elders, met at San Jose City Hall to stand up for Gaza. They heard speakers and then peacefully and loudly marched down Santa Clara Street toward Roosevelt Park for another program and walk back. These are images of the day by Charisse Domingo & Donovan Castillero.

Author Raymond Goins gives context to the racist texts by former San Jose Police officer Mark McNamara, and how the racism expressed is indicative of a larger, long standing attack on the Black community by law enforcement and political decision-makers.

Imani is the lead organizer of the Community Defense of East Tennessee Participatory Defense hub, and is a National Participatory Defense Network Trainer/ Organizer on staff at De-Bug. She is also an artist and a writer, a community organizer and builder.

Joining the 11th Annual Quest for Democracy the author recalled the very different circumstances of his last trip to Sacramento and his reflections on the day of advocacy let us know he will continue to work on himself and advocate for the people left behind inside prison.

After 8 years of incarceration, author Donovan Castillero didn't mind an ankle monitor to be outside the prison walls, but with the limitations he was reminded of all he had missed and still wanted to experience.

On June 15th system impacted youth, formerly incarcerated young people, families & supportive communities from San Jose to Gilroy rallied in front of juvenile hall, the courts and the county to demand a stop to warehousing youth in juvenile hall. The following speech was delivered at the rally by Raymond Goins, who was in each unit of juvenile hall as a teen.

The City of San Jose is deciding its annual budget - a "back to basics" budget touted by Mayor Mahan that defunds permanent housing and increases the police budget. We oppose any reallocations of Measure E away from permanent solutions and we oppose any increase to an unaccountable police budget.

On June 5th, 2023 the ACLU and the Stanford Law School Criminal Defense Clinic, on behalf of SV De-Bug, filed this demand letter calling on Santa Clara County to change their directive which bars "people with arrest warrants from accessing court except by undergoing incarceration before arraignment."

Former San Jose Police Association Executive Director Joanne Segovia is facing federal charges for running an international drug ring for years. She was released without having to pay bail, and local law enforcement officials have been relatively silent about the alleged criminal activity, despite its size and scope. Writer Raymond Goins poses the question - why is she treated differently?

The community anti-displacement work that reached incredible heights in San Jose just before the pandemic wasn't slowed down, folks continued to build forming South Bay Community Land Trust to create permanently affordable housing. In just about 4 years from its founding SBCLT has its first property in Downtown San Jose and is engaged with neighbors in a second property in East San Jose – spots where displacement is happening at an accelerated pace - and CLTs are one of the o

Since its inception 20 years ago, ICE has acted with impunity and in complete disregard to Human Rights – the profit driven institution must be abolished! For years, loved ones detained inside these facilities have called out the inhumane conditions. Loved ones inside Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex have attempted to improve conditions, because nothing has changed they took the decision to hunger strike to call attention to the abuses and the need to SHUT IT DOWN!

The killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis has exposed the particular lethality of "specialized" units of police departments. Trye was executed by the SCORPION Unit. Chandra Jacquez shares how a similar unit killed her father in San Jose 7 years ago, have continued to kill with impunity, and why they need to be dismantled.

Santa Clara County had a long running practice of detaining people with no charges. Now they have to pay back hundreds of people who they illegally jailed.

SAN JOSE, CA -- On November 3rd, 2022 former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith was found guilty of corruption and willful misconduct civil charges by a civil grand jury.

Miguel Sifuentes shares a personal account of experiencing extended lockdowns in San Quentin Prison, and the disastrous impact of the policy on people's health and human rights.

Last year, California passed AB333, a law that challenges the states racist 'gang enhancements' which has targeted and incarcerated Black and Brown communities for decades. It may be the start of dismantling the racialized carceral tool all together.

The Humphrey Decision is the historic California ruling affirming that people cannot be incarcerated pretrial due to an inability to pay. Our Day in Court team across 3 counties observed court cases to document how judges are making bail and detention decisions 1 year after the ruling.

SV De-Bug - SV De-Bug - May 3, 2022 S B1421 record requests from San Jose families who lost loved ones to police violence as well as court documents show that a number of SJPD officers have been involved in multiple killings and critical incidents. Four of the officers involved in the killing of David Tovar Jr were involved in the killings of other community members -- including Demetrius Meech Stanley -- only 4 months later.  Sign the petitions on protectyourpeoplesj.org  

Every house I ever lived in was bulldozed to accommodate the tech boom. These demolitions and evictions happened while the City of San Jose was at a cross roads.

Who are the 500 plus people who they destined to be in this yet to be built jail? Where are they right now in this moment, living their lives not knowing that their futures have been sealed already by these three men of position? What must happen for a Santa Clara child of 2020 to be a caged Santa Clara adult in 2030?