On the heels of #WomensHistoryMonth, check out this NEW op-ed by Amber-Rose Howard, CURB Executive Director, and Eric Morrison-Smith, Alliance for Boys and Men of Color Executive Director. Full op-ed here: bit.ly/3-31dcjournalThis op-ed lifts up the political organizing & infrastructures of care created and led by Black women overtime that have turned moments into movements. Sustaining our…

Last week CURB’s Executive Director, Amber-Rose Howard testified before the Accountability and Oversight Budget Subcommittee, speaking to the need for prison closure, decarceration, and budget oversight. Check out a clip from her speech HERE!The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCr) is framing prison downsizing and a call for “single-cell housing” as competing priorities,…

Check out more recent reporting in Cal Matters, from the article: "Today, the system is under a court order to limit the number of prisoners to 137.5% of its capacity. The Legislative Analyst’s Office last month reported that prisons have space for 98,000 people, meaning the corrections department has about 8,000 more beds than it needs." The LAO report advised lawmakers to reject major…