AB 960 Passes the California State Senate & Assembly
Bill now heads to Governor Newsom for his signature to enact into law
People who are very ill should be able to live out the rest of their lives in their communities and with their families. But under California’s current compassionate release system, far too few terminally ill incarcerated people are being released, and many are dying in prison. California’s compassionate release system is cruel and ineffective. It generates higher incarceration costs, and condemns sick and dying people to worse quality of care in prison than they would receive if released.
AB 960, sponsored by Assemblyperson Phil Ting (District 19), improves California’s compassionate release system to make it more humane and effective. It ensures that courts can review eligible compassionate release requests in a timely manner, and that compassionate release determinations are based on clear medical eligibility and public safety determination by the courts.
Please help us in supporting this bill as it makes the final push to get Governor Newsom's signature and see it enacted into law.
You can support the sponsors of AB 960 (twitter handles included):
- UnCommon Law: @UnCommLaw
- Root & Rebound: @ROOTandREBOUND
- FAMM Foundation: @FAMMFoundation
- CCWP: @c_c_w_p
- Union of American Physicians and Dentists: @UAPD
- White Coats for Black Lives, UC Berkeley-UCSF Chapter: @WC4BL_Berkeley
- Assemblymember Phil Ting: @AsmPhilTing
You can also download the
AB960 toolkit - opens in Google Docs
