by Ivette Alé
Posted on May 17, 2018
CURB has teamed up with the Hood Digest to help change the way we talk about incarceration and center the people most impacted by the system. Our Hood Glossary breaks down the language the system uses, why they use it and what we should use instead! I sat down with Elmer Roldan and La Mikia Castillo, co-hosts of the…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on May 16, 2018
Governor Brown’s revised budget increases funding to the CDCR to an all-time high $11.8 billion (2018-19), up from $11.4 billion last year (2017-18). However, the budget also projects that the implementation of Prop. 57 will cause the adult prison population to decrease by 5,800 people in 2018-19 and 11,200 people in 2020-21. In spite of…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on May 14, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2018 CONTACT: Eunisses Hernandez, Euhernandez@drugpolicy.org, 213-226-6426 California Senate Passes Bill Allowing Judges to Strike Sentence Enhancement for Prior Convictions Bill Now Heads to the Assembly Committee on Public Safety Sacramento, CA —The California Senate today passed Senate Bill 1393, authored by Senators Holly Mitchell and Ricardo Lara, with a vote…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on May 11, 2018
As CURB members continue to fight the caging of women in LA County, we’re also uplifting our mothers, caregivers and their families at our annual Mother’s Day Commemoration at Lynwood Jail. At last year’s event, we partnered with Latinx media outlet MiTú to uplift what communities really need instead of jails – affordable housing, community-based…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on April 17, 2018
California is facing a serious threat to the years of progress our state has made toward fixing the state’s broken criminal justice system. A new ballot initiative, the “Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act” will increase taxpayer spending on prisons, increase incarceration rates, and roll-back important reforms achieved in the last decade. This measure,…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on April 4, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April, 4 2018 California Committee Passes Bill to Reduce Sentences for Prior Felony Convictions Bills Amend Sentencing Enhancements Aimed At People with Prior Convictions Bills Now Head to the Senate Appropriations Committee CONTACT: Eunisses Hernandez, Euhernandez@drugpolicy.org, 213-226-6426 Sacramento, CA —Today, the California Senate Public Safety Committee voted to pass Senate Bills…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on April 2, 2018
Community Applauds Governor Brown’s Historic Easter Commutations and Pardons, 7 people with LWOP Sentences Among Them Contacts: Deirdre Wilson, CCWP wildeirdre@gmail.com 415-255-7036 ext. 4 Amber-Rose Howard, CURB amberrose@curbprisonspending.org (909) 717-8520 The California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) and the Californians United for a Responsible Budget Coalition (CURB) applaud Governor Brown for…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on February 7, 2018
We are excited to announce that CURB is looking for three interns to join our team! CURB offers internships in the following three areas: Advocacy, Media and Communications and Development. Our internships provide the opportunity to gain experience in research, outreach, grassroots organizing, media campaigns, coalition and movement building, public education, policy advocacy and social justice work. Working directly with the Statewide…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on December 19, 2017
Over the last decade, the CURB coalition and our members have successfully stopped millions of dollars in jail expansion across the state of California. In the Bay Area, the No New SF Jail Coalition defeated a proposed jail in San Francisco and continues to fight for jail closure. The Decarcerate Alameda County coalition has been a powerful voice against…
by Ivette Alé
Posted on December 13, 2017
The sweetest victory this year was the passage of the RISE Act and it couldn’t have happened without you. After years of developing a solid policy, organizing over 100 organizations, educating elected officials on the harms of the drug war, and the bill stalling last year — we did it! Together we passed the biggest…
