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  The Fire Inside
 Issue 35 - Spring/Summer 2007

< Dedication
 
< I've Found Myself
 
< Me encontré a mi misma
 
< Angry! Yes I am!!!
 
< Legal Corner-Cases About Transgender Rights
 
< Race, Class, and Transgender
 
< Editorial-Lucha a terminar opresión género
 
< Editorial-Fight to End Gender Oppresion
 
< SB 40 and Supreme Court Cunningham Decision
 
< Scam alert
 
< CCWP on the Radio!
 
< Lobby Day
 
< Family Visiting Day 2007
 
< I Consider Myself Me and Free
 
< Becoming a Trans Ally
 
< A Vision for Love and Justice
 
< Resources for Trans Prisoners
 
< Prison Expansion Coup
 
< Why am I still in prison?
 
< Expanding the Web of Criminalization
 
< "Prop 36 Works" Rally
 
< It's Your Health-Transgender People in Prison
 
< Parole Beat
 
       

"Prop 36 Works" Rally

On April 18 a rally was held at the Capitol in Sacramento to support Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, which allows people convicted of non-violent drug possession to receive drug treatment instead of imprisonment. When initial funding for the program ran out in 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger chose to continue funding only at 2000 standards, amounting to a significant cut. The event celebrated the success of the 72,000 graduates of Prop 36 who are living proof that offering treatment and support instead of removing people from their communities and imprisoning them works.



Last updated October 23, 2007 12:36 PM


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