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SIGN YOUR NAME: To support an end to the unnecessary incarceration of girls.

If every state in the U.S. stopped criminalizing children for misdemeanors and low-level violations, we could reduce girls’ incarceration by an estimated 80 percent.

Read that again. We have solutions to end girls' incarceration. Now we just have to make it happen.

Vera has already made great strides in this work:

In June 2022, Vera and partners celebrated the one-year anniversary of Santa Clara County, CA, with ZERO girls in its long-term placement facility.
In 2022, for two months, no girls were held in Hawai`i’s only long-term juvenile facility.

Add your name today to help end incarceration for girls and gender-expansive youth.