Formerly incarcerated Californians say that if Gavin Newsom wants to keep touting his record as a “progressive,” he should stop vetoing bills that ban or restrict solitary confinement.
Correctional officers allegedly used chemical spray and pepper bombs against women in handcuffs at Central California Women’s Facility.
In 2011, more than 6,600 people imprisoned in California stopped eating for 19 days to protest extreme isolation inside the state’s prisons. The protests lead to state hearings and a lawsuit.
We’re still overcrowded and set up for disaster.
Advocates have been urging Governor Gavin Newsom to make greater use of his clemency power, especially for older prisoners who are more vulnerable to COVID-19.
The report found that spread inside correctional facilities contributed to community spread, particularly in California, Florida and Texas.
All but nine of California’s 35 prisons house more people than the facility was designed to hold.
A new report finds that too many kids, particularly Black youth, continue to be held in dangerous juvenile detention facilities; California prison officials refused offers of free testing before and during San Quentin outbreak; and Gov. Gavin Newsom announces plans to release 8,000 incarcerated people.
Prisoners are reluctant to report when they’re feeling sick, because they know they’ll be sent to solitary confinement.
We can’t allow “violent criminal” rhetoric to justify leaving some of the most vulnerable people in dangerous conditions.