by Nedric Miller, LSPC Senior Policy Fellow For far too long, poverty has carried a price tag in America, and nowhere has that been more painfully obvious than in the legal system, where being poor often means being punished twice: once by the court, and again by the bill that follows. This legislative cycle, LSPC is cosponsoring AB 2428 (C. Rodriguez): An Act to End Poverty … [Read more...] about Policy Update: Manufacturing Poverty
Policy Update
Statement from Climate Justice Coalition for California Prisons on AB 2499
On June 11th, the California Legislature chose to let Adrienne's Act die. The original version of AB 2499, Adrienne’s Act, would have established mandatory climate safety standards in California's correctional facilities. The bill was named after Adrienne Boulware, a 47-year-old woman who was killed by extreme heat inside the Central California Women's Facility just months … [Read more...] about Statement from Climate Justice Coalition for California Prisons on AB 2499
The 14th Annual Quest for Democracy: Policy Platform
This year’s Q4D Policy Platform was built upon four pillars: release people from prison, restore full civil and human rights to system-impacted people, reunify families and communities, and relieve people from untenable conditions inside and out.Bills marked with a * are cosponsored by LSPC & AOUON. Release AB 1647*: The Juvenile Potential Protection Act (JPPA) … [Read more...] about The 14th Annual Quest for Democracy: Policy Platform
Policy Update: Protecting Our Youth and Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
by Bernice Singh, LSPC Senior Policy Fellow As a second-year policy fellow with Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) and All of Us or None, my work continues to center the dignity, humanity, and rights of system-impacted youth and families. This legislative cycle, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with a powerful coalition of organizations. I facilitated … [Read more...] about Policy Update: Protecting Our Youth and Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Today’s Political Climate
by Nedric Miller, LSPC Senior Policy Fellow For many of us within the movement fighting for justice and accountability from the powers that be, whether through grassroots organizing or policy, a recent trend has become visible. It operates with the same intent for harm that was prevalent in the 1950s, a time that weaponized racial anxieties to justify criminalization of … [Read more...] about Today’s Political Climate
