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San Francisco – The legislation to close County Jail 4, known in the communities most of the prisoners come from as “850,” co-sponsored by eight members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, moved unanimously out of committee with positive recommendation and was approved 10-1 by the full board.

From housing instability to economic hardship and the intergenerational trauma of mass incarceration, the impact of criminalization is dire.