CURB & #CloseCAPrisons

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..."