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Activist. Wife. Leader. Hear Taina Vargas-Edmond talk about how to protect the promise of Prop 57
CARES for Youth welcomes Taina Vargas-Edmond as our guest on the CARES Family and Friends Call. Join us! Tuesday, August 1st at 8 pm. All are welcome! Call: (515) 604-9384; Code: 313882#Ms. Vargas-Edmond co-leads Initiate Justice with her currently incarcerated husband, Richard, (at left) working More »
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Watch this short video and learn how to give comments on Prop 57 Regulations! There’s limited time to act!
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Proposed Regulations for Prop 57 are out! There are just 45 days to comment.
Join us Tuesday July 18th at 8pm for a phone-based workshop to learn about the regs and how you can comment! We’ll hear from Heidi Rummel, USC School of Law Professor, and Rourke Stacy, Trainer, Los Angeles Public Defender. Join the call to get
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Senate passes youth life without parole bill, moving CA one step closer to ending the sentence for youth!
On May 30th, the California Senate passed SB 394, the “Montgomery Bill.” It now heads to the State Assembly, where it will need to survive two committees and a vote of the full Senate to become law. If More »
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Prop 57 Proposed Regs are out!
CDCR released their proposed regulations for Prop 57: Prop 57 Emerg Regs.
They are “emergency regulations,” which means they will go into effect quickly and will be in use while the permanent regulations go through the formal vetting process, More »
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TAKE ACTION NOW: Speak Up on Prop 57 Regs by Sept. 1! And, Support Two Bills on the Rights of Children and Youth!
There are three important ways to take action right now:
1. Support SB 394 by writing a letter of support to your assembly member, and help end life without parole for youth under age 18;
2. Support SB More »
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Human Rights Watch Report on California
When I Die, They'll Send Me Home: Youth Sentenced to Life without Parole in California - 2012 update (PDF) finds that in many cases where juveniles were prosecuted with an adult, the youth received heavier sentences than their adult codefendants.
