Dear Board of supervisors:
I support Aram James plea fuly! NO NEW JAILS!
Sincerely,
Dr Roberta Ahlquist
Emerita Professor, SJSU
On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 1:59 PM Aram James
wrote:
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> No New Jails
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> Mass incarceration is a failed vestige of slavery not just in Santa Clara
> County but across this country …..
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> We gas folks, we tase them, we even place canines in some of our jails
> -all of this extreme cruelty while locking humans in cages, and we wonder
> why we have the most violent society ever to exist. Our leadership, our
> BOS, are people of vision, and we would hope that as we contemplate
> options...that don’t spell the word jails. That they are not afraid to
> stand up to the law enforcement leaders in this county who always want to
> expand their turf —even when it is done at the expense of true community
> needs —needs that address real solutions not more of the same revolving
> door that constitutes a living hell for those forced to enter it. Time to
> say no to the madness! Invite Angela Davis to speak on the abolition of
> our prison industrial complex-even if you don’t adopt all of her
> perspectives, at least listen. I was fortunate enough to sit though her
> trial right down the street. A most elegant speaker, thinker, writer.
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> Aram
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