release eligible prisoners NOW! Rally & press conference, 11/18, 8:30 am

from freebatteredwomen.org

NO ON PRISON OVERCROWDING! RELEASE ELIGIBLE PRISONERS NOW!RALLY AND PRESS CONFERENCE
*Tuesday, November 18th, 8:30 a.m.
***United States District Court for the Northern District of California**
*450 Golden Gate Avenue, between Larkin and Polk in San Francisco*

On Tuesday, November 18th the Federal three-judge panel will meet in San Francisco to deal with the continuing issue of prison overcrowding. California's prisons are over 150% capacity. *We need to let them know that the only solution to prison overcrowding is prisoner release!*

The overwhelming defeat of Proposition 6 sent a strong message that the public does not want to spend millions of more dollars on a failed prison system. Proposition 9 passed, but only due to a well-funded media campaign filled with misleading information. Unless we challenge it now, prisoners will be incarcerated well beyond their mandated sentences. Join family members, friends and advocates for people in California's prisons to demand:

PAROLE ELIGIBLE PRISONERS NOW!

RELEASE LOW-RISK AGING PRISONERS, INCARCERATED SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND MEDICALLY INCAPACITATED PRISONERS!

STOP THE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT OF PEOPLE IN PRISON!

*INVEST IN COMMUNITIES NOT IN PRISONS!*

For more information call 415-255-7036 ext. 314 or email info@womenprisoners.org

If you haven't already, please don't forget to *send a free fax to Governor Schwarzenegger *at http://www.freebatteredwomen.org/Alert_Daisy.html urging him to release incarcerated domestic violence survivor Daisy Jane Benson.