Drop LWOP Strategy Convening

Sept 14-15, 2019 Los Angeles On the weekend of September 14-15, over 125 people gathered at the beautiful Community Coalition building in South L.A. to strategize about how to end Life Without Parole and all extreme sentencing in California. The convening was initiated by the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), Californians United for a […]

Gov Newsom launches new commutation site

Governor Newsom has released new commutation information: https://www.gov.ca.gov/commutations/

Executive order halts death penalty

On March 13, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom announced his decision to halt the execution of 737 people sentenced to death in California prisons. This moratorium on capital punishment acknowledges the significant racial, economic, gender and disability disparities in death penalty sentencing and is an important step toward justice. California has the highest prison population in […]

Gov. Jerry Brown sets record for pardons, commutations

GOV. JERRY BROWN SETS RECORD FOR PARDONS, COMMUTATIONS IN CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 24, 2018. CCWP is so happy to share the news that today Governor Brown granted 73 more commutations for people with Life Without Parole (LWOP) sentences. 13 of these are for people in women’s prisons most of whom CCWP has supported […]

Governor – offer more hope

GOVERNOR — OFFER MORE HOPE TO THOSE SERVING LONG PRISON SENTENCES, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, DECEMBER 4, 2018

Gov Brown Grants Executive Clemency

GOVERNOR BROWN GRANTS EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY, NOVEMBER 21, 2018 CCWP is thrilled to share the news that today Governor Brown granted 70 more commutations and 38 pardons. Among the 70 commutations of lengthy sentences, there are 32 for people with Life Without Parole (LWOP) sentences, 8 of them for people in women’s prisons. Copies of the […]

Drop Lwop Rally in Sacramento

On Monday, August 6th, 2018, CCWP joined CURB and many other organizations to deliver an open letter to Governor Brown asking him to change all LWOP sentences to parole-eligible sentences (over 100 organizations signed the letter!). We also held a powerful rally on the steps of the capitol to join forces in our fight against […]

Felony-murder law challenge backed by US court

CALIFORNIA FELONY-MURDER LAW CHALLENGE BACKED BY US COURT, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AUGUST 6, 2018

Drop LWOP Rally on KPFA

DROP LWOP RALLY KPFA, THE PACIFICA EVENING NEWS, AUGUST 6, 2018

the Drop LWOP campaign

Join with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) in our statewide campaign to DROP LWOP and secure sentence commutations for all those serving Life Without the Possibility of Parole (LWOP). LWOP is an inhumane sentence which denies people the possibility to rehabilitate and change. We are asking Governor Brown to use his executive powers […]