Pending legislature aims to compensate victims of an old California policy that once resulted in forced or involuntary sterilization on individuals … [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...]
Alisha Coleman: Change Agent
Nobody needs to tell Alisha Coleman what jail is all about. She has been there and knows what it’s like from the inside. She spent time in the San … [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...]
California Coalition for Women Prisoners Introduces Alisha Coleman to the world
I introduce to you Alisha Coleman, our new staff at the California Coalition for Women Prisoners. Alisha was introduced to CCWP through the … [Read more...]