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In 2015, the suicide rate at the California Institution for Women (CIW) was more than eight times the national rate for people in women’s prisons and more than five times the rate for all California prisons. In 2016, a court-ordered suicide prevention audit concluded that CIW “continued to be a problematic institution that exhibited numerous poor practices in the area of suicide prevention.”
Sign the petition to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors: We urge you to take steps to end the militarization of our communities by rescinding all present contracts and declining all future collaborations with Urban Shield. Divest from policing and militarization, and invest in our communities!
As part of the growing movement against militarization and policing in cities everywhere, the Stop Urban Shield Coalition is organizing a mass mobilization against the Urban Shield weapons expo in Pleasanton. Visit StopUrbanShield.org to learn how you can support and join our fight.