from Prism reports:
Black women constantly have to prove with hard evidence that we’ve been abused. For people who are abused in prison, it’s twice as difficult to get justice. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vaunted prison reform, the so-called “California Model”—established to replicate more humane, rehabilitation-focused Norwegian prisons in places like the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) where I’m incarcerated—was supposed to change all that. But, instead of reform, all this has done is give Black women’s ugly realities a nice cosmetic cover-up.
In April 2022, tired of being harassed, stalked, and at one point sexually harassed by another incarcerated person in prison, I raised a verbal complaint to a lieutenant in the Investigative Services Unit. He refused to address my complaint, and it didn’t matter that I had proof.
The lieutenant advised me to file a 602 grievance form, even after I informed him that the “catch-all” 602 process was inappropriate for my especially grievous situation. Still, I followed his instructions, doing everything CCWF has taught me to do to protect myself from being abused by a man. Continue reading >>>
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