End Abuse in California's Youth Prisons

Over the last several months, members of Families for Books Not Bars have shared horror stories of violence and extreme isolation within California's youth prison system. Demand that Secretary Cate, the head of California’s prison system, immediately guarantee an end to all of these abuses. Our youth and their families cannot wait!
We have three common sense demands:

• End Solitary Confinement: Provide at least 8 hours of quality educational and rehabilitative programming outside of cells for all youth.
• Stop the violence: Ensure youths' safety, particularly mentally ill and disabled youth, from fights and chemical spraying. Guards who abuse youth, instigate or fail to prevent violence must be held accountable.
• provide adequate food: Denying people, especially growing youth, adequate food is antithetical to rehabilitation. Depriving youth of meals is outright abusive.

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