2021
Press Release 7/21/21: Closing Two Prisons is Not Enough
Press Release 5/14/21: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is a “Money Pit”
Press Release 5/3/21: “Tough on Crime” Rhetoric Ignores Criminal Justice Failures of California’s Past, Advocates Say
Press Release 4/20/21: California Needs “The People’s Plan for Prison Closure”
Press Release 4/13/21: Advocates Support the Deactivation of a Second CA Prison, But Demand Bolder Action on Justice Reinvestment
Press Release 2/23/21: CDCR Accused of “Incompetence” as They “Drag Their Feet” on Prison Closure
Press Release 2/12/21: Corrections official want billions for prison infrastructure; Analysts say the math doesn’t add up
Press Coverage:
Sacramento Bee 6/4/21: California Prison Population Shrinks, But Spending Keeps Going Up to $112,000 Per Inmate
CalMatters 5/19/21: Golden State’s Next Culture War: Math Class
Sacramento Bee 5/18/21: Why Rural California Worries About Newsom Prison Closures
Davis Vanguard 5/16/21: State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons
Associated Press 5/1/21: 76,000 California Inmates Now Eligible For Earlier Releases
Sacramento Bee 4/23/21: California Should Close 10 Prisons As Inmate Population Falls, Advocacy Group Urges
Davis Vanguard 4/19/21: CA Deactivates Prison, But Critics Claim it is Not A Much Needed Closure
Sacramento Bee 4/15/21: California is Looking At Closing More Prisons. Here Are Some That Might Be On the List
Davis Vanguard 2/19/21: Lawmakers, Watchdogs Criticize CDCR’s Inability to Explain Multi-Billion Dollar Prison Infrastructure Plan
2020
Press Coverage:
Daily Sundial How Prop 17 can be the first step to combat systemic felony disenfranchisement 8/5/2020
LA Daily News LA County’s ‘defund’ jails movement will have to wait even as sheriff’s department takes budget hit 6/25/2020
My News LA JusticeLA Coalition Presents `Care First’ Budget for L.A. County. 6/24/2020
Business Insider California governor proposes closing 2 prisons in response to COVID-19 5/15/2020
SF Bay View COVID-19 overtakes California’s federal prisons, infecting 1534 prisoners, killing 31 5/2/2020
Worker’s world Holding true to the abolitionist framework 4/30/2020
Daily Californian Advocates call on CA Gov. Gavin Newsom to release more prison inmates in light of COVID-19 4/24/2020
