Raj Jayadev: Community-powered criminal justice reform
拉吉·贾耶夫: 社区驱动下的刑事司法改革
Raj Jayadev is the cofounder and coordinator of Silicon Valley De-Bug, a community organizing, media and advocacy organization based in San Jose, California. Full bio
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of our community center.
的地下室里制作的。
to police violence.
of community organizing
这种社区组织的热情
arresting practices,
to feel strong and supported
最黑暗的时刻
got arrested, what can we do?"
我们能做什么?”
that we saw on the streets
to make change.
能去创造改变的领域。
in collective action,
集体行动的力量,
and this is true nationally --
——十有八九
who is doing heroic work,
这些律师做着伟大的工作,
aiming for high conviction rates,
瞄准的目标往往是高定罪率、
into every stage of the process.
每个阶段里都少不了种族偏见。
a criminal charge in this country
犯罪指控的人中有超过九成
their fabled day in court
in television shows and in movies.
展示的那种传奇逆袭的一天。
of mass incarceration in America --
不为人知的一部分——
the largest jailer in the world.
最庞大的监狱系统。
currently incarcerated in this country.
两百万的人正在被关押。
will see the inside of a prison cell
on this trajectory.
被送进监狱里。
和聪明才智的社区组织
of community organizing.
"participatory defense."
“参与式辩护”。
for families and communities
亲人正面对指控的
the outcome of those cases
of power in the courts.
are facing criminal charges
an isolating and lonely experience.
of their loved ones on a board,
to tangibly and tactfully
to find out inconsistencies;
来找到矛盾的地方;
by the defense attorney;
that the person standing before them
在他面前的这个人,
well-being and success.
literally lifesaving.
拯救了一个生命。
(Ramon Vasquez)的案子,
一个卡车司机,
with a gang-related murder
一个与帮派有关的杀人凶手,
and his detention,
contradictions in the case,
有一个重大的矛盾,
dangerous assumptions by the detectives.
when they raided his home
发现的红色帽子
to a gang lifestyle.
was from his son's Little League team
来自于他儿子的少年棒球队的,
was on the other side of town
that they attended.
of hard work from the family,
to get the charge dismissed.
have been living all along.
to flex the knowledge of the community
来灵活使用社区知识,
of sentencing hearings.
the sentencing hearing,
just got sent to prison,
换一个律师。”之类的话。
of their loved one
分享他们亲人的故事,
as more than just a case file.
而不只是当作一个案件档案来看待。
social biography packets,
社会人物传记包,
of photos and certificates and letters
照片,证书和书信,
and hardships and accomplishments,
经历的艰辛和成就,
were working so well in the courts,
在法庭上非常有用,
into social biography videos.
of people in their homes,
and at their workplace,
in the backdrop of their lives.
他是一个怎样的人。
the walls of the court temporarily.
法院这面墙的方法。
and into the community,
the fuller context of someone's life
这个要被他们决定命运的
that came out of our camp
to a low-level drug charge.
drug possession charge.
prison sentence
schemes in California.
主要是他父亲的身份。
at the park across the street.
they're going to take my girls."
他们会带走我的女儿们。”
of what's like being a father."
of making breakfast for his daughters
and doing homework.
who used it at the sentencing hearing.
a five-year prison sentence,
五年有期徒刑的法官,
that five-year prison sentence
with his daughters.
跟他的女儿们在一起。
a father in their life.
that he was actually seeking.
得到他需要的治疗。
that when families come to the meetings,
of their loved ones on the board.
通过家属的故事
get to know, week in, week out,
and praying for and hoping for.
来寄予希望的名字。
or a charge dropped,
a name on the board,
在板子上的名字,
but it is a spiritual experience.
但这是个精神上的体验。
and they're crying.
that are just starting that journey
那些刚刚起步,
that there's a finish line,
to bring their loved one home,
带自己的亲人回家,
all over the country now
给一些组织做
network of over 20 cities.
超过 20 个城市,
to the national network
weekly participatory defense meeting
刚刚进行了他们第一次的
from California to Philadelphia
to inspire them to know what's possible,
激励他们相信一切可能性的
in Santa Clara County, California,
about what's possible
across the country.
可以带来很多可能性。
one metric that we invented.
使用一个我们发明的指标,
still say at weekly meetings.
comes in a meeting for the first time is:
参加会议时,我们也会提起:
your loved one time served.
你所爱人生命里的时间。
to quantify time of incarceration.
用来量化监禁时间的。
变成“被拯救的时间”。
living the life they should be living.
他们在家里跟你们一起度过的。
would represent five years of time saved.
代表了五年的时间被拯救了。
participatory defense hubs,
in the meetings and at court
videos and packets,
from incarceration.
的时间被拯救了。
instead of prison.
而不是呆在监狱。
cycles of suffering.
in my home state of California,
in the California prison system,
要花六万美元去养活一个人,
are saving their states
I haven't done the numbers,
that could be reallocated
of protecting their people
they're building a new field,
他们正在构建一个新的领域,
justice is understood in this country.
看待这个国家司法的方式。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Raj Jayadev - Community organizerRaj Jayadev is the cofounder and coordinator of Silicon Valley De-Bug, a community organizing, media and advocacy organization based in San Jose, California.
Why you should listen
Through De-Bug's criminal justice community organizing program, the Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project, "participatory defense" was created -- a methodology for families whose loved ones are facing the criminal court system to impact the outcome of the case and transform the landscape of power in the courts through policy initiatives. After eight years of implementing the practice in San Jose, Raj Jayadev and the De-Bug team have gone on to train community organizations across the country to become participatory defense hubs. There is now a National Participatory Defense Network that De-Bug coordinates, which represents hubs from more than 30 cities. Jayadev’s community organizing and writings have been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, BBC, TIME Magazine and media outlets across the country. In 2018, he was selected as a MacArthur Fellow.
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