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The SENATE SELECT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE on CALIFORNIA'S CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
To promote greater communication and cooperation among agencies and organizations that share our goals, we will be developing this list of relevant websites.
Please let us know of other sites that should be included here.
Assistance
for the
Incarcerated Mentally Ill
http://www.care2.com/c2c/ group/AIMI
JAIL
IS THE LAST THING MENTAL PATIENTS NEED ... AND TOO OFTEN, JAIL IS THE
L-A-S-T THING THEY EXPERIENCE.
Please join us in our quest to decriminalize mental illness in America. No one should be punished for having a disability.
CRITICAL RESISTANCE
Critical Resistance seeks to build an
international movement
to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief
that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic
necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our
communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against
inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that
it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish
the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope.
United
for No Injustice,
Oppression or Neglect
P.O.
Box 340371
Sacramento,
Ca. 95834
United for No Injustice, Oppression or Neglect (The U.N.I.O.N.) is currently the largest communication system between prison reformers and citizens concerned with human rights in the State of California.
We are a coalition of 5,000 plus individuals, human rights groups and churches. We work by issuing calls to action to our subscribed members in a daily online newsletter. You subscribe to the newsletter to learn how and WHEN to fight back to prevent or cause important changes in the law.
Timing is everything. When the emergency arrives, we cannot have too many trained people on standby alert ready to go. We are limited only by the number of people who respond to the Calls to Action and actively join the UNION to write simple letters, show up to hearings and rallies, recruit others to write and show up, get out the vote. For a decade the UNION, ACLU and Friends Committee on Legislation were all or singularly the only voices for prisoners as no one else showed up at most of the the legislative hearings except our dedicated workers.
As we enter our 9th year, we have only included campaigns from the past few years on this page. There were hundreds more--one right after another--while others sat on the sidelines and complained, we were there in action.
HOMEBOY
INDUSTRIES
ADMISSION
WITH
ARTWORKS FOR SALE
at Homeboy Industries,
130 W. Bruno St., Los Angeles
Faith & Hope Beyond Prison Walls, the 2nd Annual Benefit Art Fair and Exhibit to benefit Prism, Families of the Incarcerated and Partnership for Re-Entry Program.
The proceeds will benefit the incarcerated and their families – often the most overlooked members of our community, as they work to transition back into society and make positive changes in their lives.
Information: Alex Topete, 818-468-8950 or www.faithandhopeartshow.com
California Channel
The California Channel records hearings on the California Senate Select Committee on California Correctional System. Go to the link and search WEBCAST THE ARCHIVE in order to review the legislative hearings on the Senate Select Committee on California Correctional System.
California Prison Focus
The mission for which California Prison Focus is organized is to end human rights abuses and torture in California prisons including abolishing the Security Housing Units, to end medical neglect and to insure civil and human rights for all prisoners. CPF achieves its purposes by visiting prisoners, monitoring conditions, educating the public and policymakers, providing a voice for and working with prisoners, and encouraging legal advocacy.
Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons
The Commission is co-chaired by former United States Attorney General Nicholas de B. Katzenbach and the Honorable John Gibbons, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The 20-member panel includes Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, those who run correctional systems and those who litigate on behalf of prisoners, scholars, and individuals with a long history of public service and deep experience in the administration of justice. The Commission is staffed by and funded through the Vera Institute of Justice.
For roughly a year, beginning in March 2005, the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons explored violence and abuse in America's prisons and jails and how to make correctional facilities safer for prisoners and staff and more effective in promoting public safety and public health. The Commission examined dangerous conditions of confinement – violence, poor medical and mental health care, and inappropriate segregation — that can also endanger the public; the challenges facing labor and management; weak oversight of correctional facilities; and serious flaws in available data about violence and abuse in prisons and jails. The Commission's findings and a set of 30 practical recommendations for operating correctional facilities that reflect America's values and serve our best interests are captured in the report, Confronting Confinement.
Families to Amend California's Three Strikes Law (FACTS)
Our major purpose is to amend the 3-Strikes law in California so it is only applicable to violent felonies. Nearly 75% of 2nd and 50% of 3rd strikes within California are for non-violent offenses.
In addition, we advocate that the law be amended in the following way
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the law should not be applicable to crimes committed before its enactment in 1994
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the law should not count multiple counts during a single act as multiple strikes
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the law should include a "wash-out" period such that convictions older than ten years do not count as strikes
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burglary of unoccupied dwellings should not count as "serious or violent" strikes
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the law should not be applicable to juvenile offenses
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