Protect Your People

How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration

By: Raj Jayadev

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Paperback | 6 August 2024

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An eye-opening look at the practice of "participatory defense," which allows families, friends, and others to help those charged with crimes, by the MacArthur Award-winning activist

Over two million Americans are currently in prison or jail. Another 4.5 million are on probation or parole. And nearly one in two Americans have a family member who is or has been incarcerated. Writing for those new to activism as well as seasoned organizers, celebrated criminal justice activist Raj Jayadev introduces readers to the groundbreaking idea of participatory defense, a community organizing model for families and communities aimed at bettering the outcome of cases involving their loved ones and transforming the landscape of power in the courts.

Participatory defense has led to acquittals, dismissed and reduced charges, prison terms changed to rehabilitation programs, and life sentences taken off the table. Drawing on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community intervention, Protect Your People features stories from across the country, highlighting the most effective strategies of this groundbreaking approach, including how to get loved ones released from bail hearings, arraignments, and post-conviction; how to take on deportation cases; how to prevent youth from being transferred to adult court, and more.

A radical new argument for the era of mass incarceration, Protect Your People shows that real change is possible when people step into America's courtrooms and get involved.

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