California leads the nation with 23 women on Death Row, but the condemned women are largely invisible and forgotten behind bars, and their stories … [Read more...]
CCWP advocates mount a fight to end LWOP
Advocates are mounting a fight to end the other death penalty—life without the possibility of parole. These “hidden death sentences” mean prisoners … [Read more...]
CALPIA’s offers pre-apprentice programs for female prisoners
The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) pre-apprentice program has graduated 70 women in the field of carpentry, construction labor, … [Read more...]
Solar plant heads to CIW
A solar plant could be coming to the California Institution for Women prison in Corona. The solar facility would be built on 10 acres of land … [Read more...]
First annual “victim awareness event” at CIW
Four survivors, Rita, Sammie, Nora and Michelle, shared testimonies of the impact of crime on their lives at the California Institution for Women … [Read more...]
Raising awareness California’s ‘Life Without’
More than 100 advocates, family members and friends chanted, “Drop LWOP, drop LWOP, commute all 5,000!” at an Oakland town hall on March 24, … [Read more...]