Decarcerate Sacramento organizes with people who are currently incarcerated in Sacramento County’s two jails. Our Inside/Outside organizing work was co-founded by Black women who were incarcerated in the downtown jail in 2019. We build relationships through letter writing, phone calls and jail visiting to ensure that our work is centering the needs and priorities of people inside. We work to amplify their voices and experiences in all of our advocacy.

Our coalition is primarily made up of individuals who currently have or have had a loved one incarcerated. We understand on a personal level how harmful incarceration is on families and communities. If you or someone you know has been impacted by Sacramento County jails, please reach out to us at decarceratesac@gmail.com.

We launched our Jail Hotline on July 1st, 2022 to support folks inside with jail conditions and medical advocacy, free books, information sharing, legal research, and more. If you'd like to share the hotline phone # with someone who is currently incarcerated in a Sacramento County jail, please reach out to us.

We also collaborate with the Anti Police-Terror Project to operate a Jail Support program. At least once a month, we table outside of the Sacramento County Main Jail downtown to provide mutual aid and connect with newly released community members and their loved ones.

Read more from court-appointed monitors on the deadly conditions inside Sac County Jails.