2016-10-03T12:21:57-07:00 2015-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2015-01-01 421559699 Justice Now JUST 5108397645 1322 Webster Street Oakland CA 94612 Sam Page President 2016-10-03 true Adele Kaneda P01664922 5108352727 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z Sam Page 1322 Webster Street 210 Oakland CA 94612 712031 false false X www.jnow.org X 2002 CA Justice Now is a human rights organization that works to challenge gendered violence and imprisonment in partnership with people in women's prisons through legal, communications, and human rights strategies. 9 9 16 25 0 557105 697849 0 1022 708 18594 -7531 576721 691026 0 0 268471 400299 1050 0 48149 171771 185027 441292 585326 135429 105700 426678 551342 1999 20963 424679 530379 X Justice Now (the Organization) is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, which was established in April 2002. Its mission is to challenge gendered violence and imprisonment. The Organization works with people in women's prisons to challenge human rights abuses in women's prisons and imprisonment more broadly through a combination of direct services, public education, and human rights strategies. Additionally, the Organization is based on a clinical training organizational structure: interns are trained and supervised by staff to do the bulk of the programmatic work of the organization in partnership with the Organization's constituency in prison. false false 223564 TGI Justice Project The Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project's (TGIJP) mission is to challenge and end human and civil rights abuses committed against transgender, gender variant, and intersex (TGI) people in CA prisons and beyond. Recognizing that poverty borne from profound and pervasive discrimination and marginalization of TGI people is a major underlying cause of why TGI people end up in prison. TGIJP addresses human and civil rights abuses against TGI prisoners through strategies that effect systemic change. TGIJP operates at the intersections of race, gender, sex, class, sexual orientation, intersex condition, and dis/ability, among others, and prioritizes and centralizes the wisdom and leadership of TGI currently and formerly imprisoned people, especially trans women of color.In 2015, we continued to fortify our touchstone programming: hosting two member-leader Sistahs Doin It For Ourselves retreats; publishing our biannual newsletter; hosting regular programming for trans and gender nonconforming people in the San Francisco County jail, and continuing our statewide visitation program. New victories included: launching the Melenie Eleneke Grassroots Re-Entry program; continuing centering black trans leadership in the #BlackLivesMatter movement by attending the Movement for Black Lives convening in Cleveland and being part of the Combahee Alliance Direct Action Training Cohort; leading interventions against the violence that targets black trans people specifically black trans women by launching #BlackTransLiberationTuesday and conducting a Trans March of resilience direct action in response to a call from our sister org, BreakOut, in New Orleans; collaborating with California Coalition for Women Prisoners to conduct a health fair at Chowchilla; fighting to provide relief to trans and gender non conforming people inside SF county jails through strong participation in the campaign to close the SF county jail and working with Transgender Law Center on a policy to provide self determination in housing while inside; and supported the transition of Ms. Janetta Johnson to Executive Director and of Miss Major to Executive Director Emeritus. 135762 Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)CURB is a broad based alliance of over 70 organizations seeking to CURB prison spending by reducing the number of people in prison and the number of prisons in the state. CURBs funding in 2015 was used to continue the employment of one full-time staffer and two assistants for half the year and two full-time staffers for the following 6 months to build capacity of our alliance. CURBs accomplishments in 2015 included the following:Passed our first sponsored legislation, SB 219 (Liu), to expand access to the Alternative Custody Program, which allows eligible imprisoned parents to finish their sentences outside of prison to care for their families.Stopped $20 million in prison expansion funding in the state budget.Won our three-year fight against San Francisco's plan to build a new jail when the Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected the plan in December 2015.Continued fighting against the $2.3 billion jail plan in Los Angeles. Organized press conferences, demonstrations, and other actions challenging prison and jail construction in California.Released the Fourth Edition of the CURB Decarceration Report Card, a resource for counties that are fighting against jail expansion and for community solutions.Presented to groups across California and connected health and human services, education, and environmental justice organizations to our cause.Supported around 5 counties in fighting against jail expansion.Organized annual coalition strategy meeting to discuss campaign goals, objectives, tactics.Coordinated a massive campaign against jail and prison construction funding.Created organizing, media, and advocacy trainings to support development of the coalition. 124201 Justice NowJustice Now provides services and education to over 2,500 people annually through: Direct Services: In 2015, we provided direct legal services to over 750 people in California's women's prisons around compassionate release, healthcare access, defense of parental rights/family reunification, and re-sentencing. We are supporting and growing a network of peer educators in prison who work with us to provide legal assistance and health information to over 2,000 people in women's prisons annually through our Legal Advocacy and Wellness Project. Additionally, Justice Now continues to be the only law office in California regularly providing compassionate release services to the public, supporting and training over 30 individuals in navigating the compassionate release process and facilitating 3 terminally ill people in reuniting with their families in 2015. Public Education: We continue our partnership with people in prison to help shape public and intellectual understanding of prison issues and human rights violations in prison. We also educate legislators on alternatives to imprisonment such as compassionate release and the alternative custody program for people in women's prisons. By educating state officials about prisons destruction of families we worked in coalition with CURB garnered legislative support for the Alternative Custody Program expansion and streamlining bill, SB 219, which was signed into law in September 2015. Legal Training: In 2015, we trained over 200 people inside and outside prison to challenge human rights abuses in prison based on international human rights law. 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She engaged in planning for direct and grassroots lobbying plans in support of CURB bills; direct lobbying developing support for a bill to streamline notarization of documents allowing people in prison to visit families, direct lobbying developing support for hearings examining fraudulent use of state funds for coercive, illegal sterilizations of women in prison, and in opposition to the governors proposal to convert Valley State Prison for Women into a mens prison). Her lobbying was supported by Justice Now volunteer interns who were not paid for their lobbying time/services. Jnow-Human Rights Director. Justice Nows Human Rights Director Robin Levi continued anti-sterilization direct lobbying in California and lobbying for anti-shackling federal legislationdrafting and revising language, preparing letters of support, direct lobbying meetings. Robin Levi was was unpaidtherefore no funds were spent supporting this lobbying work. JnowBoard Members: Board Members Theresa Martinez and Misty Rojo conducted direct lobbying related to CURB bills. They were unpaid for this work and no funds were spent supporting their lobbying efforts. TGIJP Staff: The Transgender Gendervariant and Intersex Justice Project did not use funds for lobbying of any kind. Funds were used for services and community education only. CURB Staff: Californians United for a Responsible Budget conducted both direct and grassroots lobbying over the year. Most lobbying was done by volunteers or was paid for by member groups, not with CURB funds. Minimal staff time was spent in lobbying in three areas outlined here. 4397 1022 3375 3375 X 694026 3000 3000 691026 691026 588326 3000 3000 585326 585326 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2015 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. false Miss Major Retirement 37456 29446 8010 5410 10862 4733 37456 29446 8010 5410 10862 4733 21005 -12995 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Red Light LegalRed Light Legal provides direct legal services, legal representation, community education, and effective policy advocacy to sex workers in all corners of the industry. We advocate to reduce the stigma, discrimination, and violence associated with the sex industry, particularly for those who face intersectional oppressions due to racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and classism. Red Light Legals accomplishments for 2015 include:Led several trainings and workshops for community members on laws relating to sex work.Spoke at conferences about cultural competency and accessibility of legal services.Worked with dozens of clients via online legal clinic to fulfill legal needs and provide support.Spearheaded opposition to Oakland's expanded Nuisance Eviction Ordinance.Built the infrastructure and sustainability of the organization by submitting several grant applications and creating a constituent-only advisory council.Gave support to community members in jail.Encouraged self-advocacy regarding legal issues by creating several how-to guides.Maintained significant web and media presence by writing articles and speaking with journalists on the topics of sex work, poverty, gap in legal services, etc. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Treasurer and Executive Director and bookkeeper both independently and as a group review the 990 for accuracy and correct errors as needed before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts President of Board of Directors checks in with all staff and board on this issue while conducting annual review of Executive Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Salaries of Executive and/or Co-Directors are based on surveying anti-prison, prisoner rights organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, discussions with funders of these groups of their knowledge of average budgets allocated to similar staff positions, and need. Final salary level is reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors (majority vote required for approval). Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees Salaries of key staff are based on surveying anti-prison, prisoner rights organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as with discussions with funders of these groups of their knowledge of average budgets allocated to similar staff positions. Final salary level is reviewed and approved by Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Upon written or verbal request.