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‘IT’S FINALLY OVER.’ SAN DIEGO DA DROPS 22-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE AGAINST JANE DOROTIK
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss a murder case against a woman who served nearly 20 years in prison for her husband’s death, citing insufficient evidence for a retrial.
The woman confronting the US prison-to-deportation pipeline
News of her client’s release sent attorney Melanie Kim scrambling to find clothes. Her client hadn’t known freedom since 2003. She needed something to wear when she left detention for the first time in 16 years.
Organizing & Action Updates
PRESS RELEASE ON FCI DUBLIN SEXUAL ABUSE
Over one hundred advocacy organizations from across California and the United States have sent a public letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) demanding that the agency take immediate steps to address systemic abuse at the Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin (FCI Dublin), a federal women’s prison in Dublin, California.
DV and LWOP Survivor Marisela Andrade handed over to ICE!!
Early in the morning Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, the California Dept. Corrections and rehabilitation (CDCr) transferred CCWP member Marisela Andrade over to ICE agents instead of releasing her on parole.
CA Approves $7.5 million Reparations for Sterilization Survivors
California is the first state to provide reparations to survivors who were sterilized while incarcerated in its state women’s prisons.
CCWP in the News
‘IT’S FINALLY OVER.’ SAN DIEGO DA DROPS 22-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE AGAINST JANE DOROTIK
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss a murder case against a woman who served nearly 20 years in prison for her husband’s death, citing insufficient evidence for a retrial.
Prison Pen Pals Chip Away at the Prison-Industrial Complex One Letter at a Time
On April 4, 2022, the state of Delaware is set to join dozens of prisons in 18 other states in ending physical mail sent inside the prison system. The policy would force loved ones, activists, and others to communicate only via costly digital platforms.
‘There’s no amount of money that can take away how I felt’: California pays reparations to survivors of state-sanctioned sterilizations
It’s been almost 20 years since a botched surgery while she was incarcerated, but Gabby Solano still mourns the bleak consequences of losing an ovary after her other ovary had already been compromised.
Updates on Prisons
The woman confronting the US prison-to-deportation pipeline
News of her client’s release sent attorney Melanie Kim scrambling to find clothes. Her client hadn’t known freedom since 2003. She needed something to wear when she left detention for the first time in 16 years.
Fourth California federal prison worker charged with sex abuse
The Federal Correctional Institution is shown in Dublin, Calif., July 20, 2006. A fourth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate. His arrest comes months after the prison’s warden was arrested on similar charges.
When A Prison Closes – L.A. Times Op-Ed
The scheduled deactivation of California Correctional Center has become a hot-button issue for the town of Susanville, sparking anger and a still-pending lawsuit to prevent the prison from closing at all. The fears of residents who have become dependent on prisons for their livelihood have been covered widely in the media, but …
