RESOURCES FOR PRISONERS AND FAMILIES
Men, women and youth coming home from lock up are offered assistance with basic necessities such as food and clothing, housing and job referrals and a way to get the paperwork necessary to take next steps. They are brought into the larger Fair Chance Project family, where they meet others who share similar needs.
This section will take you to other sites related to criminal justice:
- to California Government links
- to studies, articles, books related to Three Strikes
- through the preparation of a Writ of Habeas
- to the site where you can get the latest Three Strikes statistics.
LEGAL RESOURCES
Commutation Form in English [ PDF hosted at droplwop.org ]
Commutation Form in Espanol [ PDF hosted at droplwop.org ]
Authorization for Release of Protected Health Information [PDF]
CDCR-7385-Spanish Authorization for Release of Protected Health Information en Espanol [PDF]
PLO-Compassionate Release and Medical Parole for People in CDCR Prisons [PDF]
Index of Resources: Medical, Custody, Reentry, Templates, Contact Info, etc. [GoogleSheet]
Guide to California Pardons [PDF by Asian Law Caucus ]
Notice of Intent to Apply for Clemency, California [PDF]
Back to Court- Resentencing Guide & New Enhancement Laws in California by Ella Baker Center [PDF]
ADVOCACY LINKS
California Legislative Information CA.gov site
Drop LWOP Coalition End Life Without Parole
Life Cycle of a Bill How a Bill becomes a Law from CA.gov ‘s Capitol Museum site
Find Your California Representatives Online Find Your Legislator search tool
California State Senate CA.gov site
California State Assembly CA.gov site
California Governor Gavin Newsom CA.gov site
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) CA.gov site
Contact CDCR CDCR Secretary page
GENERAL LINKS
2023 Legislative Tracker A GoogleSheet workbook of legislative bills, factsheets, toolkits.
California Coalition of Women Prisoners Caring collectively for people in women’s prisons.
Ear Hustle The daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it, and stories from the outside, post-incarceration.
Felony Murder Elimination Project – California We are a group of citizens whose goal is to eliminate the Felony Murder Rule from California law.
Human Rights Watch article I Just Want to Give Back: The Reintegration of People Sentenced to Life Without Parole.
Life Support Alliance A non-profit social advocacy organization, focused on life term inmates and their families.
Lifers With Optimistic Progress (LWOP) A group of men in CSP-Solano: “We are a multi-ethnic, multi-faith, multi-background group of men with one common thread and goal. The thread we share, is the fact that each of us are serving sentences of Life Without Parole for…”
Marshall Project The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We have an impact on the system through journalism, rendering it more fair, effective, transparent and humane.
Prop 47 “With the passage of Proposition 47, certain low-level, nonviolent felonies can now be changed to misdemeanors on old criminal records.”
Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Working to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice through the release of aging people in prison and those serving long sentences.
Uncuffed on KALW KAWL’s award-winning radio training program and podcast in California prisons.
ADDITIONAL LINKS OF INTEREST
CURB (curbprisonspending.org)
Ella Baker Center (ellabakercenter.org)
Felony Murder Elimination Project (endfmrnow.org)
Free Kevin Cooper (freekevincooper.org
Ten Toes In (tentoesin.org)
The Prism Way (theprismway.org)