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California Senate votes to keep indentured servitude in its prisons
Senator Sydney Kamlager arguing for ACA 3 in a committee hearing on Thursday, June 16, 2022. ((Screenshot by Robert J Hansen) Sacramento, Calif. — Removing the language allowing for indentured servitude from California’s Constitution began a couple of years ago when Samual Nathaniel Brown, author of the proposal that is now ACA 3, had to clean a cell after an image died of Covid-19.
Imprisoned man given excessive sentence, his family is asking Governor Gavin Newsom for clemency
E’drick Brown’s aunt Toni, (left) and wife, Angelique Brown (right) lead a demonstration asking clemency be granted to E’drick.(Photo by Robert J Hansen) A rally was held at the California State Capitol in support of an incarcerated man who was sentenced to 39 years to life for a crime where no one was physically hurt.
California prisoners given substandard medical care and families left in the dark, loved ones say
Prisoners of the California prison system and their loved ones.(Courtesy of family members) The wives and the mother of prisoners within the California Prison system say that their loved ones and many others are not given proper medical care and that it fails to communicate properly with them, if at all when they get sick or taken to another hospital.
Covid-19 on the rise again in California prison system
California State Prison Solano(Photo courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) Covid-19 is rising again inside the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) system according to a statement from the department.