The Miss Major Alexander L. Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center provides housing, supportive services, job training, and mental health programs to system impacted community members. These evidence-based interventions improve public safety by addressing the root causes of crime—a lack of affordable housing, income inequality, and inaccessible healthcare. When people are better connected to what they need, like a place to stay and a way to make a living wage, they are less likely to commit crimes.
Kim's story is a testament to this. When Kim was incarcerated, she wasn't able to get the medical treatments she needed and had long waits to access support. She also was cut off from connecting with her family and friends, which helps keep her grounded. Now, by having the opportunity to participate in our programs, rather than being incarcerated, she's been able to get what she needs to turn her life around. She's no longer sleeping in a tent, she has her own place to rest, and she feels more like herself.
Only about half a percent of California's population identify as Transgender, Gender-variant, or Intersex, but TGI folks makeup 1.6% of jails and prisons in the state. Latine people make up 39% of the state, but almost half of California prisons. Black residents only make up 6% of the state's population but nearly.
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