By Abené Clayton
When Lucero Herrera stepped out of the San Francisco county jail on a cold, dreary autumn afternoon in 2008, she didn’t go back to the home in the neighborhood where she grew up.
The 18-year-old had served a little over a year in juvenile hall and county jail after a conflict between different street gangs in her community in the Mission District, San Francisco’s historically Latino neighborhood, turned into a violent fight.
“It leaves folks more vulnerable to be entangled in experiencing exploitation,” said Julia Arroyo, executive director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center.
Community leaders, advocates and family members of Aamonte Hadley gathered outside the San Francisco Women’s Jail this week to demand justice after the death of 22-year-old Aamonte Hadley.
Julia Arroyo, the executive director of Young Women’s Freedom Center, explained homeless sweeps are inhumane and counterproductive
