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Organizing Updates, Uncategorized

TAKE ACTION BELOW – STOP THE MURDERS!!!

Three people have been killed in the past week alone because of  ICE brutality!
 
As some may know, ICE is also active right now in the Bay Area, executing arrests in Berkeley this week.
 
BELOW — Is a link to a TOOL KIT  to take action in the murder of  Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, killed by ICE in Houston, TX last week.
 
Another father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, was killed by ICE outside of Portland , Maine yesterday, and another young man ran from ICE into traffic in Florida, where he was hit by a truck and killed.
 
PLEASE TAKE ACTION BELOW> STOP THE MURDERS!!!
 
TAKE ACTION!
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ICE Wants to Reopen Notorious California Prison. Locals Are Fighting Back.

FCI Dublin was shut down in 2024 after revelations of abuse against prisoners. Residents want it to stay closed.

Truthout/TheAppeal
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On December 16, 2025, the Dublin City Council in California unanimously passed a resolution formally opposing reopening or reusing the notorious FCI Dublin prison for detention of any kind, including as an immigration jail. The resolution also urged the relevant federal agencies to “engage in open and transparent communication with the City regarding any decisions affecting the site.”

The resolution comes after months of organizing by local and regional residents and a coalition of faith-based organizations, advocacy groups, and those who were imprisoned in FCI Dublin.

That includes Darlene Baker, who was incarcerated at the Dublin federal prison camp from 2022 to 2023. There, she was sexually assaulted by then-medical officer Jeffrey Wilson.

Read full story from Truthout here .

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Event Details

This year, the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) celebrates 30 years of organizing across the walls of California’s women’s prisons. Since 1995, CCWP has played a unique role in developing an abolitionist feminist vision that is centered around the voices and power of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. We have continuously visited women’s prisons and jails in California, fought for and won freedom campaigns, and welcomed those returning home into our community and leadership roles within the organization.

The challenges we are up against now in 2025 are unprecedented. The racist law and order, anti-immigrant furor and the escalating attacks on women and TGI people directly threaten our work and our community. Your help is critical to fortify our commitment to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in women’s prisons! Join us to honor three decades of collective work & build for the future.

*Help us raise $300K, $10K for every year of CCWP’s legacy, by purchasing the ticket that you can afford. If these options are not accessible to you please reach out to us at: courtney@womenprisoners.org.

*There is no formal dress code for this event. We invite you to dress up and express yourself if you enjoy that!

*Please note that the fair market value of your ticket purchase is $15. Any amount paid over this amount is considered a charitable contribution.

For more information check ou this link. 

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CLOSURE IS POSSIBLE! FREEDOM IS NECESSARY! 

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CLOSURE IS POSSIBLE!  FREEDOM IS NECESSARY!

Thank you Morgan Vicki Todd and MOVITO Design for creating a logo that breathes life into our campaign. Two flowers represent the two remaining state women’s prisons in California. Almost 4,000 women and TGI people are incarcerated there. We can bring them home. 

CCWP In the News, Uncategorized

Women sue prison gynecologist over ‘horrific, sadistic’ exams, sexual abuse in California

By Julia Marnin

February 5, 2025

If women needed gynecological care at an all-female prison in southern California, their only option was to see the sole gynecologist on staff — a doctor now accused of sexually and physically abusing scores of patients.

Dr. Scott Lee performed abusive, invasive and unnecessary exams on pregnant women and others incarcerated at the California Institution for Women in Chino, a new federal class-action lawsuit says.

Lee’s patients endured harmful pelvic examinations, pap smears, sexualized digital penetration, physical restraint and retaliation, along with being denied medical care at the facility, where he was the only gynecologist from 2016 to 2023, according to a complaint filed Feb. 2. The lawsuit was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

To read the full article in the Sacramento Bee, click here.