Laila Aziz's testimony at SD Board of Supervisors hearing on Alternatives to Incarceration
Channel: CPI San Diego
Date: 2022-03-15

On February 8, 2022 Laila Aziz highlighted that people are less likely to return to jail when they have access to services and community support. She called for a paradigm shift in San Diego County and for decision making spaces to include community workers and people whose lives have been impacted by the carceral system. 

"We are holding on to the dinosaur policy that a person who is wealthy deserves to leave jail and a person who is poor deserves to stay in jail. 

Community support is a better indicator than cash bail.

The Court decision (Humphrey) needs to guide our operational plan for release of both felonies and misdemeanors immediately."

Laila is involved in Participatory Defense and the Director of Operations at Pillars of the Community and a member of the Invest in San Diego Families Coalition.