California prisons forced sterilizations & Women in the Criminal Justice System

Finding the Warmth of Our Sun

English - March 03, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB
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It was recently revealed California is still forcing sterilizations upon women in their prisons. And just on the numbers alone, the state of women and our criminal justice system is alarming, with many in prison for petty offenses or defending themselves from abuse and face longer sentencing than men.