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Gina Clayton-Johnson

Gina Clayton-Johnson is an attorney, activist, and the Founder & Executive Director of Essie Justice Group — a race, gender, and criminal justice advocacy organization of women with incarcerated loved ones. Essie is part of the Justice LA coalition, Movement for Black Lives, the National Bail Out collective, and recently launched the Lives On The Line Campaign in response to COVID-19.

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Judges Must Also Be Centered In Demands To Defund And Divest From Mass Criminalization

Calls to defund the police must also be accompanied with divesting power and discretion from judges.

Gina Clayton-Johnson Jun 17, 2020