• Our Mission

    Decarcerate Sacramento is a community organization working to prevent jail expansions, decrease jail populations, and shift county funds away from policing and incarceration towards community-based systems of care that promote community safety and health.

  • Fast Facts

    About Sacramento County's Jail System

    82%

    of people in Sacramento County Jail who have not been convicted of any crime.

    39%

    of people in Sacramento County Jails are Black (while only 11% of the total population of Sacramento County is Black)

    Over 60%

    of people in Sacramento County Jail who have been diagnosed with mental illness.

    Over 50%

    of people charged with misdemeanors in Sacramento experiencing homelessness.

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