Legislation

This bill would increase the yearly compensation from $5,000 to $50,000, increasing the overall cap from $25,000 to $1 million.

This bill guarantees that people in state prisons, county jails, and juvenile facilities receive a minimum amount of free phone and messaging access, and it bans charging them—or their families—beyond those required minimums.

This bill requires state prisons and county jails to install outdoor-facing windows of at least 1.5 square feet in any cell along an exterior wall by October 1, 2030, as long as doing so is structurally safe.

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to provide every person incarcerated in a state prison with three hours of outdoor time per week.

This bill requires the Department of Corrections and county sheriffs to stock commissaries with a wide range of personal hygiene products.

This bill requires state prisons and county jails to provide verified nontoxic menstrual products, free of charge to any incarcerated person with an active menstrual cycle.

This bill requires state prisons and county jails to provide recreational opportunities and structured programming tailored to incarcerated people’s interests and needs.

This bill sets limits and conditions for placing people in solitary confinement in state prisons and county jails.

This bill would require women to use “catch kits” when they have a miscarriage or abortion–literally forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it back to the doctor’s office as medical waste.