Organizing & Action Updates, CCWP in the News, and Updates on Prisons
Organizing & Action Updates
The devastating reality of having loved ones in prison
Mansa and Victoria discuss the circumstances of incarcerated women domestic violence survivors in California and the potential for prison abolition.
3rd Annual LWOP Walk for Life Walk-A-Thon
3rd Annual Walk-A-Thon LWOP Walk for Life to raise awareness about Life Without Parole (LWOP) this upcoming Tuesday, September 29th at the State Capitol in Sacramento, CA. The Sacramento event is part of a week of action. From September 26 to October 3, 24+ prison yards throughout the state will participate in a powerful Week of Walks.
Freedom Comes When One Walks Through It
Visitacion Valley Branch Library (plus 2 others), 201 Leland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94134
October 3 – 17: Shows at 1pm and 3:15pm each Saturday
CCWP in the News
California faces growing costs of aging women’s prison population
At two of California’s women’s prisons — Central California Women’s Facility and California Institution for Women — 740 incarcerated women were ages 50 and older in 2025 …
‘Put them down with gas’: Abuse and retaliation inside a California women’s prison
More than a dozen current and formerly incarcerated women spoke to KQED about a pattern of sexual abuse and retaliation that persists at the largest women’s prison in California.
Advocates urge governor to commute all life sentences
SACRAMENTO — The members of the Drop Life Without Parole, a grassroots coalition and sentencing reform group, along with other advocacy organizations, are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of more than 5,000 individuals serving life sentences in California before he leaves office.
Updates on Prisons
Governor Newsom releases letter to California on the death penalty
SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he plans to change all California death sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
California police union takes on a Supreme Court justice in new campaign
California’s largest law enforcement union is urging voters to oust Supreme Court Justice Kelli Evans with a last-minute campaign before Election Day.
Christa Pike discharged from hospital after surviving execution attempt, attorney says
Pike, 50, moved back to Tennessee prison.
Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, has been moved back to prison, according to a statement released by her attorneys.
