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Issue of the Fire Inside focusing on bullying, but also including a tribute to Flozelle Muka Woodmore and reporting from the Chowchilla Freedom rally.

Commemorative issue of the newsletter of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, reflecting on the history of the organization and the impact of the newsletter itself.

This April 4, 1995 complaint initiated a class action lawsuit under in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the governor of California and California prison officials regarding the medical care provided to women…

Memorial program for Judy Ricci, known as Doctor Juju by her friends. Ricci passed away after a long struggle with HIV and Hepatitis C, and was known as a HIV peer health educator and hospice volunteer. About 40 friends, many from the peer…

Mary Shields describes the horrific medical neglect and abuse that led her and Charisse Shumate to organize to form the California Coalition for Women Prisoners

Mary Shields discusses how Charisse Shumate inspired her and other prisoners to continue fighting for dignity and freedom and the impact of the CCWP.

Mary Shields narrates her life story. The trauma of years of domestic violence and abuse at the hands of three different men devastated her emotionally and eventually led to her incarceration. Unable to escape an abusive marriage without the support…

Kelley Ward describes her work organizing the domestic violence education at Valley State Prison for Women.

Kelley Savage narrates her life and activism while sentenced to life without parole at Valley State Prison for Women and Central California Women's Facility. She discusses the leadership of the LWOP population in organizing and supporting others and…

Photo of Kelley Savage and a comrade unpacking her things from a car trunk after her release.

“Crime After Crime” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and earned over 25 awards in the US and abroad. The film received a national primetime broadcast on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, and was a Critics’ Pick in The New York Times, Washington…

Postcard with a portrait of Tracee Ward by Billie Simões Belo and the text "Commutation for Tracee Ward. Give survivors and youth of color a chance at freedom."

"This 37-minute video was created in collaboration with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners and focuses on the life of Charisse Shumate and women in California state prisons. It includes amazing prison interviews as well as materials from…

From California Revealed: "August 1986 1. Work begins at Richard J. Donavan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain in San Diego. Construction workers are breaking ground and laying foundation. Aerial shots of construction are shown. 2. At California…

This photo includes long term members of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners at their 20th Anniversary celebration at the Women's Building.

A graphic mimicking the visual style of the police reform 8 Can't Wait campaign but putting forward abolitionist demands from the 8 to Abolition collective. As the collective argues, "The end goal of these reforms is not to create better,…