Monitor and challenge the abusive conditions inside California women’s prisons.
About this Collection
California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) is a grassroots abolitionist organization that challenges the institutional violence perpetrated on women, transgender individuals, and communities of color by the prison industrial complex (PIC). They believe that the fight for racial and gender justice is essential to dismantling the PIC. The movement is driven by the leadership of those most impacted – including people inside and outside of prison, families, and communities.
They envision a world where the prison system, designed for punishment, control, and the incarceration of primarily people of color and the poor, is abolished. Their goal is a society that prioritizes education over incarceration, directs investment towards employment rather than prisons, rejects sexual violence, and upholds human rights for all individuals.
Collection Interviews
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Jane Dorotik(Weirsdale, FL and Oakland, CA)Jane Dorotik reflects on her incarceration, her development as a jailhouse lawyer, and her role in community organizing and policy advocacy focused on sentencing reform and support for incarcerated women.
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Linda Evans(Santa Rosa, CA)Abolition and queer rights activist
Linda Evans recounts her evolution from antiwar student activism into decades of organizing, incarceration, and advocacy for incarcerated women and abolitionist movements.
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Judy Greenspan(Oakland, CA)
Judy Greenspan reflects on their early activism through community organizing, their advocacy for political prisoners and incarcerated people living with HIV, and their role in founding the California Coalition for Women Prisoners.
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Stephanie Hammerwold(Los Angeles, CA)
Stephanie Hammerwold narrates her involvement in prison abolition organizing, highlighting her work with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners and advocacy for incarcerated individuals.
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Joseph Hankins(Los Angeles, CA)
Joseph Doyle Hankins detailing his with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners and initiatives connecting research, advocacy, and incarcerated communities.
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Kathy Heinzel(Fallbrook, CA and Los Angeles, CA)
Kathy Heinzel narrates her experiences of incarceration in California women’s prisons and her subsequent advocacy for women and LGBTQ individuals through organizing and reentry support.
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Kelly Savage-Rodriguez(Los Angeles, CA)
Kelly Savage-Rodriguez reflects on her journey from an incarcerated individual at the Central California Women's Facility to a leading advocate for ending life without parole sentencing and gender-based violence in prisons.
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