Oakland PrivacyVery sad to share that the three year battle to enact the #MandelaAct to severely restrct solitary confinement in CA prisons has failed in the face of repeated veto threats by Governor Gavin Newsom. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-solitary-confinement-19665403.php?
Tracy RosenbergVery sad to share that the three year battle to enact the #MandelaAct to severely restrct solitary confinement in CA prisons has failed in the face of repeated veto threats by Governor Gavin Newsom. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-solitary-confinement-19665403.php?
CDCR new policies on #solitaryconfinement are out and they look like the old policies. The #MandelaAct limitations on solitary for more than 15 consecutive days and protections for youth, elders, people with mental and physical disabilities and post-partum women are completely missing. Not good enough Gavin Newsom. In 2024, you must sign the Mandela Act. https://deathpenalty.org/cdcr-releases-new-solitary-confinement-policy/
CDCR releases new solitary confinement policy - Death Penalty Focus
“Does CDCR have solitary confinement?” is the first question on the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s “restricted housing” webpage. The answer? “No.” That answer would surprise the thousands currently held in solitary confinement (CDCR uses the euphemism “restricted housing’) in California’s prisons and jails. (The United Nations Nelson Mandela Rules define solitary confinement, which […]
PrisonwatchLoni Hancock: No more excuses, California must pass the Mandela Act to limit solitary confinement
NRCAT invites you to join the California Mandela Campaign for a Week of Action May 22-26! California can make history by passing the California Mandela Act on Solitary Confinement (AB280), legislation which would end prolonged isolation beyond 15 days in all California prisons, jails and detention facilities.
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https://nrcat.salsalabs.org/ca-0510?wvpId=7e1f6f54-1aa3-44d7-b557-96d47e9fc29a
Sign the Petition: Californians of Faith and Conscience Support the CA Mandela Act on Solitary Confinement
Join me in supporting an end to the torture of solitary confinement. Add your name on the petition in support of the California Mandela Act to #StopSolitary. Go to https://nrcat.salsalabs.org/ca-mandela-act-support-ab280