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The women trapped in prison with abusive guards: ‘They hold my life in their hands’
As California prosecutes a prison guard on nearly 100 charges, survivors behind bars say officer abuse is so widespread it feels inescapable: ‘All I know is how to survive’
New Report: Maximizing Time, Maximizing Punishment
The University of California Sentencing Project (UCSP), in collaboration with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center, is proud to announce the release of its groundbreaking report: “Maximizing Time, Maximizing Punishment: The Lived Experience of Long-Term Sentences in California Women’s Prisons.”
Organizing & Action Updates
CCWP IS HIRING A STATEWIDE COORDINATOR!
SUBMIT RESUME AND COVER LETTER BY – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
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).
Save Brenda Andrew
Please read the information below, visit savebrendaandrew.org, sign the petition and circulate!
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.
‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for help
Woman dies at California facility as temperatures reach 110F and residents without air conditioning beg for relief. An incarcerated person at California’s largest women’s prison has died amid a brutal heatwave that has left prison occupants without air conditioning begging for relief and warning of dire consequences for their health.
“To Be Free Is to Free Others”: Formerly Incarcerated Women Urge Decarceration
The fight to free women and end mass incarceration is long and ongoing, but these activists aren’t giving up.
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.
A California inmate died during the heat wave. What do state prison conditions look like?
A woman incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla died Saturday amid the heat wave, raising concerns over extreme heat conditions in regional correctional facilities.
“What’s More Extraordinary and Compelling?”
Women who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of guards at a notorious federal prison in California are now seeking compassionate release.
