Annie Comes Home: People are dying in our jails

Monday, December 2, 2024

People are dying in our jails

To end mass incarceration: TRIPLE your impact for the next 15 hours Rush my 3X gift

Pamela, there is a special opportunity to support Vera's work right now: If you're able to give even $35 to Vera before tomorrow, your gift will TRIPLE in size and impact thanks to a 3X matching gift.

We know you're a compassionate person, with lots of causes you could support this week. So let us make the case for the urgency of this triple match:

At least 33 people have died in New York City jails since January 1, 2022.
In Los Angeles County, the death toll has reached 27 in this year alone.
Jail deaths increased by an estimated 35 percent nationwide from 2009 to 2019.

We know that overcrowding, neglect, and violence behind bars is fueling this devastating trend, but the truth is purposefully hidden from public view.

Vera is working to shine a light on the inhumane conditions behind bars with research and comprehensive data. With greater access to the facts, we advocate for urgent reforms to save lives. That is why we are asking you to please make a gift today that will go THREE times as far to transform the criminal legal system.

We don't say any of this to make you despair. We say it as witnesses. We say it because we must remember those we've lost, and then we must work urgently to stop this devastating trend.

But we must move faster. For the millions of incarcerated people around the country, 2025 must be a year of progress. Justice cannot wait.

That is why a kind group of Vera donors has agreed to TRIPLE every gift you make before Giving Tuesday. By making your very first gift today, you won't just triple your impact, you'll join hundreds of others from across the country who are paving the road toward the end of mass incarceration. Give $35 to support Vera's work in 2025, and make a $105 impact today. >>