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Protect Your People

How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration

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Protect Your People

By: Raj Jayadev
Narrated by: Amir Abdullah
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The courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affected by incarceration can become agents of change—even though they are not lawyers or judges. Writing for those new to activism and seasoned organizers alike, celebrated criminal justice advocate Raj Jayadev provides a comprehensive introduction to participatory defense, the incredibly effective community organizing model that leads to better outcomes for criminal cases, shifting power in courtrooms along the way.

In lively, accessible prose, Jayadev presents remarkable stories from organizers across the country who demonstrate how participatory defense has led to acquittals, dismissed and reduced charges, and prevented lengthy prison sentences. Lifting up a radical vision of community intervention, Protect Your People also addresses bail hearings, deportation cases, and youth threatened with transfer to adult court, showing that real change is possible when ordinary people step into America's courtrooms and get involved.

©2024 Raj Jayadev, William Bentley, Robert Blair, Blanca Bosquez, Charisse Domingo, DeVonte Douglass, Sarait Escorza, Natalie Gonzalez, Dr. Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Dawn Harrington, Andrea Hudson, Gicola Lane, Heather Lewis, Gail Noble, Fox Richardson, Robert Richardson, Imani Mfalme Shu'la, Andre Simms, Phal Sok, John Vasquez, Ramon Vasquez, and Marcel Woodruff (P)2025 Tantor Media

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