California Coalition for Women Prisoners

CCWP is a grassroots abolitionist organization, with members inside and outside prison, that challenges the institutional violence imposed on women, transgender people, and communities of color by the prison industrial complex (PIC).

We are looking for a passionate, systems-impacted person to anchor CCWP’s policy work, help set and advance policy priorities, and contribute to CCWP’s key campaigns. The policy anchor will prioritize in-depth work on a couple of pieces of legislation and offer broad expertise on criminal legal policy and legislation in general. The position will work closely with CCWP’s many partner organizations on the bills we prioritize as co-sponsors and in coalitional organizing spaces that are doing policy within a broader movement-building framework.

CCWP views policy development as part of coalition building and grassroots organizing and not solely focused on state legislation. Working in policy arenas like parole reform, resentencing, preventing sexual abuse, and prison closure involves participation in broad coalitions focused on developing public education as well legislation. For example, this past legislative session CCWP was a co-sponsor of AB 1071 (Kalra) to improve The Racial Justice Act, AB 464 (Aguiar-Curry) to protect survivors of prison staff sexual abuse from retaliation, SB 337 (Menjivar) to prevent sexual assault, and AB 1144 (Tina-McKinnor) to create guidelines for elder retirement behind bars.