Submit Support Letters for TWO Important Bills Today
AB 2959 & AB 2709 work towards improving the health, dignity and wellness of incarcerated people in California
Felony Murder Elimination Project is cosponsoring two important bills that will be heard in the California Senate Public Safety Committee. Both bills work towards improving the health, dignity and wellness of incarcerated people throughout the state. Both bills are in urgent need of letters of support as they head into Senate Public Safety Committee. Please submit your support letters today!
Assembly Bill 2959 (Liz Ortega, D20): Incarcerated Family Support and Nutrition Act. AB 2959 would reduce markups on items sold in CDCR (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) prison visiting room vending machines providing critical immediate relief for incarcerated people and their families. These savings will help to establish more financial stability for families impacted by incarceration, and ultimately strengthen community health, public safety, and re-entry outcomes.
Assembly Bill 2709 (Mia Bonta, D18): Building Bridges, Rebuilding Hope: Not Barriers. AB2709 ensures personal visits for individuals incarcerated in California state prisons. This bill will facilitate and strengthen bonds between incarcerated individuals, their families, and their communities by ensuring personal visits are offered. It will also restrict institutional barriers that currently interfere with visiting by clearly defining the circumstances when institutional needs justify limiting or denying visits to an incarcerated person or a specific visitor. Additionally, it will protect women and children from unwarranted, unnecessary, invasive, and degrading unclothed body searches before being allowed to visit their incarcerated loved ones.
Here's what you can do today to advocate for these legislative measures:
- If you represent an organization - please fill out the following letters on behalf of your organization:
AB 2959 - Incarcerated Family Support and Nutrition Act - Organizational Support Letter
AB 2709 - Building Bridges, Rebuilding Hope: Not Barriers - Organizational Support Letter
2. Otherwise - please fill out the following letters to demonstrate support as an individual:
AB 2959 - Incarcerated Family Support and Nutrition Act - Individual Support Letter
AB 2709 - Building Bridges, Rebuilding Hope: Not Barriers - Individual Support Letter
3. Then, after downloading and editing the template with your details - upload the support letter through the Advocacy Portal here.
Please feel free to share and repost on your social media networks and spread the word. Now that legislative activity is heating up, bills are moving through committees, this is the time when the loud and proud voices of our advocates and supporters are most needed.
As always, we thank all of your for your tireless work in supporting our work, and the work of other like-minded organization who seek a fairer and more just judicial system.
