CURB & #CloseCAPrisons

CURB & #CloseCAPrisons has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in May 2022. Resources CloseCAPrisons has populated their site with include: • 6/16/26 Sacramento Bee: California's Legislature is eager to close another prison. Newsom may not be • 5/25/26 OC Register: Paying for prison beds we don't need doesn't keep California safe • 4/23/26 Sacramento Bee: Releasing elders from women's prisons is smart state policy • 4/3/26 Truthout: CA Should Send Prisoners Home Instead of Spending Millions on New Facilities • 3/31/26 DC Journal - Inside Sources: Past and Present: How the Montgomery Bus Boycott Created Modern Political Organizing, Built by Black Women • 8/9/25 Truthout: "I Survived a Deadly Disease in Prison. No One Else Should Have To Face It." • 8/7/25 Governing: "The Good Things We Could Do With Our Closed Prisons" • 7/27/25 Sacramento Bee: "California must protect dormant prisons from ICE use" • 10/25/24 David Vanguard: "Time’s Up for Predatory Women’s Prisons – Is Closure Possible?" • 9/26/24 Prism Reports: "The Nordic distraction: We need prison closures, abolition, and care" • 5/21/24 The OC Register: "Invest in the systems that keep us healthy and divest from the systems that harm" • 4/30/24 LA Times: "California's budget deficit will force difficult cuts. This one should be the easiest" • 2/5/24 LA Times: "California has a $38-billion deficit. So why are we still paying for prisons we don't need?" • 10/18/23 The Appeal: "Gavin Newsom’s Prison Reform Isn’t Progress—It’s a ‘Near Enemy’... • 9/26/23 The Fresno Bee: "It's time to scale back the power of Californian's prisons-guards union... • 6/25/23 Marin Voice: "From inside San Quentin, Newsom’s plan doesn’t hold up" • 6/22/23 LA Times: Newsom should solve two problems at once: Close prisons and cut spending" • 4/15/23 Truthout Op-ed: "New Report Reveals Systemic Medical Neglect and Violence... • 12/22/22 L.A. Times Op-ed: "What to do with California's recently closed prisons" • 12/12/22 Truthout Op-ed: "California Organizers are creating momentum... • 5/26/22 Truthout Op-ed: "In debates over prison closures..." • 1/21/22 L.A. Times Op-ed: "When a prison closes..." • 8/24/21 Truthout Op-ed: "Don't just close prisons..." • 8/17/21 Blavity Op-ed: "The new Jim Crow..." • 5/29/26 Sacramento Bee: California paid $20 million to cut prison costs. Where does it hope to save? • 5/17/26 Vanguard News: Advocates condemn Newsom budget for committing prison closure plan • 3/18/26 The Sacramento Bee: Single Cell Beds or Close Another Prison? CA Lawmakers Weigh How to Cut Incarceration Costs • 3/18/26 Cal Matters: Newsom closed 5 CA prisons. Why lawmakers might shut more • 2/23/26 The Sacramento Bee: The Legislative Analyst's Office Recommends Closing Another CA Prison to Save Money • 2/18/26 The Guardian: Women in California prison accuse staff cook of rape and urge criminal charges • 1/27/26 Calo News: "California Budget Reshapes Prisons, Advocates Want More | Los Angeles County" • 1/10/26 Davis Vanguard: "Progressives Praise Revenue Gains in Newsom Budget, Press for Deeper Investments" • 11/21/25 Fox 26 News: California faces $18 billion deficit as prison reform debate intensifies" • 11/21/25 CalMatters: "Unplanned spending puts California prisons over budget despite cuts" • 9/24/25 CalMatters Inland Empire Newsletter: "Incarcerated People in CRC Speak on Conditions at Norco Prison" • 7/4/25 Davis Vanguard: "California Law Blocks Federal Use of Closed Prisons for Immigration Detention" • 7/2/25 Sacramento Bee: "Bipartisan efforts focus on public safety in California" • 7/2/25 Politico: "California’s answer to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’" • 6/21/25 Spectrum 1 News: "ICE eyeing closed prisons as immigrant detention centers" • 6/19/25 LA Times: "ICE wants to expand detention capacity in California. This new facility will be the largest in the state" • 6/16/25 AP News: "Takeaways from AP's reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts" • 5/14/25 CalMatters: "Newsom moves to close another state prison. That makes 5 since he took office" • 5/9/25 CalMatters: "California sent disaster prep experts to its prisons after near floods. Here's what they found" • 3/12/25 Truthout: "Prisons Are Anti-Labor Institutions. We Need an Anti-Carceral Labor Movement." • 9/20/24 Press Telegram: "Long Beach decides against declaring official city stance on Proposition 36..." • 7/17/24 Sierra Magazine: "Prisoners Are Uniquely Vulnerable to Extreme Heat and Flooding • 7/15/24 Cal Matters: "Why California's prison guard union is spending like never before on Gavin Newsom" • 5/15/24 Sacramento Bee: "California Democrats want Gavin Newsom to close more prisons over... • 5/11/24 Cal Matters: "Why isn't Newsom closing more prisons? • 4/1/24 LA Times: "Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more" • 1/23/24 Cal Matters: "As California closes prisons, the cost of locking someone up hits new record at $132,860..." • 1/5/24 AP News: "San Quentin project's $360 million price tag should be slashed..." • 12/14/23 Prism: "California’s plan to rebrand prisons doesn’t consider climate change..." • 8/30/23 LA Times: California prison guards on track for $1 billion in perks and raises • 5/23/23 Sac Bee: "The plan for San Quentin is "insulting...unrealistic..." • 2/23/23 Cal Matters: "How many more can he shut?" • 1/10/23 Sacramento Bee: "Proposed CDCR budget about the same despite prison closures..." • 12/9/22 LA Times: "California to close one state prison and end its lease..." • 12/7/22 KTLA: "California to close Riverside County prison..."