The California Coalition for Women Prisoners' mission statement is clear: We monitor and challenge the abusive conditions inside California's prisons designated for women. We believe in fighting racism and economic injustice as a means to ending mass incarceration. We believe in and fight for the leadership of people most impacted by the prison industry. Many of them, like Mary Shields, served decades in prison before release. The Center for Constitutional Rights. 4400 Market Street, Oakland, CA 94608. Published by the Prison Law Office. All of CCWP's work is guided by people inside women's prisons, formerly incarcerated people and systems-impacted family members and communities, prioritizing the values of racial and gender justice. Although CCWP was not a co-sponsor of SB 132, we recognize that trans women suffer daily violence inside prisons designated for men and that this urgently needs to stop. Savage's impact extended beyond these workshops, as she worked with CCWP to provide sanitary supplies, distribute information through The Fire Inside, and even confront abusive staff.
Anti-Racist Learning. What is Radical Philanthropy? For people currently incarcerated: Published by Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Statement on Gender Violence & The Prison Industrial Complex: To live violence free-lives, we must develop holistic strategies for addressing violence that speak to the intersection of all forms of oppression. We believe in maintaining our core principles in our work and relationships. Visiting Program: Our visiting program is at the core of all our work. Service area: California. In June 1996, the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) began to publish The Fire Inside, 1 a project embarked upon by women prisoners inside California state prisons in collaboration with former prisoners and advocates on the outside. She is so proud of the person he has become. The National Lawyers Guild, National Office. Washington, DC 20009. Issue Areas Include. We hope to continue open discussion and feedback about what concrete next steps would be useful in reforming the ways in which SB 132 is being implemented.
It includes amazing prison interviews as well as materials from…. The Fire Inside (FI) #1, June 1996). The solidarity of other women and outside allies both secured her freedom and gave her hope that she wasn't forgotten. Work begins at Richard J. Donavan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain in San Diego.
Elaine Wong is a 70-year-old loving mother, grandmother, and wife who has been incarcerated for 40 years. Elaine later married a United States Airforce sergeant who offered her an opportunity to immigrate to the US and escape the pain she had endured from her previous relationship. Three-fourths-first]. Many of the subjects it has opened up have subsequently been further investigated, documented [End Page 48] and analyzed by advocates, academics, policymakers and authors across the United States. About 40 friends, many from the peer….
Founding members of CCWP were made up of women and trans prisoners, former prisoners and supporters. She was the program director of Project Rebound at California State Fullerton and chaired the CSU Project Rebound Consortium Policy & Advocacy Committee. US Detention and Deportation Resources: Sos, I Need Help! Published by Californians United for a Responsible Budget. Not only has our legal work protected the human rights and health of millions of currently and formerly incarcerated people, we've trained hundreds of attorneys and legal workers along the way.
Ward was sentenced under a plea deal at the age of 19, because prosecutors made her fear she otherwise would be sentenced to death as a Black woman. The information in this guide is based on California law only and is not applicable in other states. There are no geographic restrictions. Published by the TGI Justice Project. We work for a society where education rather than incarceration is the priority, where investment goes to jobs not jails, where sexual violence is not tolerated, where human rights are a reality for all people. Published by Heather MacKay and The Prison Law Office Prison Law Office General Delivery San Quentin, CA 94964. 5x11 inches, articles, news, photos, servioces and resources, very good newsletter. We also recognize that many incarcerated cis women feel that their needs and histories of trauma are not being taken into account in the ways SB 132 is being implemented.
The trauma of years of domestic violence and abuse at the hands of three different men devastated her emotionally and eventually led to her incarceration. The Prison Arts Coalition: An independent space and national network providing information and resources for people creating art in and around the American prison system. We support women and transgender prisoners in their process of re-entering the community so they are able to survive, grow and become involved in the struggle for civil and human rights. This ethic of relationship building also guides the The Across the Walls Visiting Program which fights the destructive isolation of the system by providing those inside with crucial support and connection with family and comrades. Back to Court: A Resentencing Guide to the Fair and Just Sentencing and Reform Act (SB 1393) and PC § 1170(d)(1). Full package health benefits, vacation and sick leave. Those will always hang over my head and live in my heart for what I did 40+ years ago. We call for release from prison as the most effective and common sense response to all forms of prison violence.