About Us
Build community and invite us!
Are you passionate to any part of our advocacy or mission? We eagerly invite you to volunteer your assistance as we strive to make our dream of achieving justice for all a tangible reality.
Another possibility is that your mode of volunteering entails providing us with a venue to host a community gathering.
We advocate for those inside while assisting in healing outside.
Formed in December 2011, the New York City Jails Action Coalition (JAC) is a grassroots alliance that includes formerly incarcerated individuals and their family members, as well as other community members working to promote human rights, dignity, and safety for people in NYC jails.
Over the course of a decade, JAC has led several successful advocacy campaigns, including efforts focused on the conditions that the Department of Correction places our communities most vulnerable in city jails, such as people with mental health and/or substance use addiction, young adults, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
JAC’s visiting campaign created awareness and sparked change for how transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex (TGNCI) people are treated and detained. In 2015, JAC achieved success in its yearlong campaign to eliminate solitary confinement for 16–21-year-olds.
Today, as people continue to die in NYC jails, JAC’s advocacy has expanded its focus more on reasons for decarceration, diversion, and ending solitary. Call your local Councilmember and urge support for Intro 549, which would ban all forms of solitary confinement in NYC jails.
Thank You in Advance!
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or spreading our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. You are appreciate! We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.