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RESENTENCING ADVOCATE FELLOWSHIP

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Resentencing Advocate Fellowship, a transformative collaboration between the CA Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) and Unapologetically HERS (UAHERS).

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CCWP in the News

Incarcerated Women Plead for Help After Central Valley Prison Death Amid Extreme Heat

The Madera County coroner’s office is investigating the death of a woman imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla over the weekend as temperatures continue to reach into the triple digits.

California Coalition for Women Prisoners, an advocacy group for incarcerated women, said the woman suffered from heat-related illness after she had become incoherent and collapsed in a shower while trying to cool off.

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Updates on Prisons

AS INMATES SWELTER, CALIFORNIA PRISONS REMAIN UNPREPARED FOR EXTREME HEAT

The potential heat-related death of a prison inmate in California’s Central Valley this week is focusing renewed attention on conditions within correctional institutions as extreme heat, wildfire smoke and flooding pose increasing threats to incarcerated people.

Though extreme heat endangers residents throughout the state, experts say California’s prisons are uniquely unprepared for climate change because of a variety of factors, including their remote locations, aging infrastructure and overcrowding.

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