Organizing & Action Updates, CCWP in the News, and Updates on Prisons
Organizing & Action Updates
Newsom closed 5 California prisons. Why lawmakers might want to shut one more
* California is incarcerating 70,000 fewer people than it held in 2010, enabling the Newsom administration to close five state prisons. * A new analysis says the state can close one more and still meet its capacity requirements.
LAO Report Exposes “Indefensible Waste” in Prison Budget
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Support Marisela Andrade, former LWOP, DV,Trafficking and ICE detention survivor
Many remember and know our friend Marisela Andrade, and were
CCWP in the News
California agrees to $1.9 million settlement in prison use-of-force case
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 13 women who say correctional officers injured them during a mass use-of-force incident at the Central California Women’s Facility in 2024.
These Women Exposed Prison Sexual Abuse. Now ICE Wants to Deport Them.
Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.
Aging Behind Bars: Why California Faces Pressure to Release Elderly Women from Prison
California is confronting a quiet but accelerating crisis inside its prison system: a rapidly aging population of incarcerated women who, according to a new report, pose little threat to public safety but carry enormous human and financial costs the state can no longer justify
Updates on Prisons
Bare It All
Trigger Warning: Emotional and Sexual Violence. “This isn’t my first strip search during my incarceration. This, however, is the first time it’s being filmed.”
Mass Incarceration Trends
Report highlights the growth in state and federal prison populations since the early 1970s, and its far-reaching impact on individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole.
CA Should Send Prisoners Home Instead of Spending Millions on New Facilities
A new facility celebrated by Gov. Gavin Newsom will disrupt prisoner-led programming and normalize our captivity.
