Freedom 2030

Launched in 2020, Freedom 2030 is a ten-year campaign to end the incarceration and criminalization of our people: women, trans people, and our families and communities, while creating new ways of meeting our need for safe, healthy, thriving communities.

The campaign combines advocacy, policy, organizing, and electoral strategy to fulfill the vision of the Sister Warriors Freedom Charter.

We are focusing on these four pillars, as determined by our base:

Deep investment in our people, families, and communities

Keeping families together

Ending prison system profits

Ending extreme sentencing

Download Our 2026 Policy Platform

Making Strides in Policy Change

Despite a challenging political climate, Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition has helped inform and change policy and shift the conversation in California since 2019!

AB 464- Sexual Assaults in Prison (Aguiar- Curry)

This bill would require the California Department of Corrections (CDCR) to closely monitor an incarcerated person who reports sexual assault, protecting them from potential staff retaliation and preventing transfers to another facility without their consent unless their safety is at risk; essentially aiming to enhance protections for incarcerated individuals reporting sexual assault within the prison system. (2026)

SB 337 - Sexual Assault Prevention in Prisons (Menjivar)

This bill works to ensure all incarcerated individuals within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) are serving their time in a safe environment conducive to rehabilitation. It seeks to expand the civil rights of incarcerated people and extends the window for individuals to file grievances, while also requiring higher standards for those entrusted with the protection of this population. (2026)

AB 2014 THE GENDER JUSTICE ACT (Elhawary)

This bill creates a stricter “gatekeeping” process for evidence that relies on gender stereotypes by requiring judges to presume such evidence has minimal value. It mandates a separate hearing where the court must weigh the evidence against the risk of “undue prejudice,” explicitly allowing for scientific research on gender bias to inform the decision this bill also expands habeas corpus rights, giving incarcerated people a new path to challenge their convictions if they can prove that the use of gender-biased evidence or arguments by the prosecution likely changed the outcome of their trial. (2026)

AB 1886 - Ending Endless Probation for All Youth (Elhawary)

This bill is a follow-up bill to AB 1376, which passed and was signed into law in 2025. Thanks to AB 1376, non-custodial youth probation terms are limited to 12 months unless the court determined that extending probation is in the best interest of the youth and the public. Youth probation conditions must also be individually tailored, developmentally appropriate, proportional, and not excessive. AB 1886 reverses the current exclusion of youth in out-of-home placements (foster youth on probation) and youth transitioning from Secure Youth Treatment Facilities (SYTFs) from the safeguards established by AB 1376 (2025).

AB 2014- The Gender Justice Act (Elhawary)

Explicitly mandates court risk of “undue prejudice,” allowing for scientific research on gender bias to inform the decision. This bill also expands habeas corpus rights to challenge convictions due to evidence of gender-biased.

AB 2417 – Youth Bill of Rights (Ting)

Creates a Bill of Rights for incarcerated youth, making sure they know their rights and can easily access that information.

AB 2761 – Prison Death Notifications (McCarty)

Requires prisons and jails to post key information on their website within 10 days when someone dies in custody.

SB 94 – Elderly Life Without Parole Review (Cortese)

Gives people who were sentenced to life without parole or death before June 5, 1990—and who have served at least 20 years—a chance to have their sentence reviewed by a judge. Judges can consider changes in the law and a person’s current risk, and may reduce the sentence if appropriate.

ACA 8 / Prop 6 – End Slavery in California (Wilson)

This ballot measure would let Californians vote to ban all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude in the state constitution—no exceptions.

AB 2354 – Justice for Survivors (Bonta)

Creates a Bill of Rights for incarcerated youth, making sure they know their rights and can easily access that information.