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2019-02-01 HBCFL Website Blurb About Ricca and Jail Project
2019-02-01 HBCFL Website Blurb About Ricca and Jail Project
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She continues to work on the Jail Project following through on the report’s recommendations. She represents the Center at the LA County Sheriff’s Gender
Responsive Advisory Committee (GRAC) formed to create a more appropriate and beneficial system for women who face incarceration and leads its Visitation
Subcommittee addressing how children and families maintain ties during incarceration. She testified at the LA County Board of Supervisors meeting supporting the
reconsideration of the jail’s relocation. Speaking on behalf of the Center, her objections were based on the obstacles of its location for family reunification. The
Board subsequently shelved the relocation pending further planning to assess other options.
“I believe that there is there is widespread agreement among the County Board of Supervisors policy makers and Sheriff Department law enforcement officials that
Ricca’s work has been seminal in documenting and fully examining the problems raised by the Mira Loma move. Her work has been invaluable,” says Betty
Nordwind, the Center’s Executive Director and Ricca’s supervisor.