Legislators fast-tracked an audit into why doctors under contract with the state sterilized nearly 150 female prison inmates from 2006 to 2010 without the required authorizations.
Corey G. Johnson
Money and Politics Reporter
Corey G. Johnson is a reporter on the government oversight team at The Center for Investigative Reporting. A native of Atlanta, Corey has exposed secrecy, mismanagement, corruption and abuse of power inside governmental, educational and police organizations. He was the lead reporter on CIR's On Shaky Ground series, which uncovered systemic weaknesses in earthquake protections at California public schools. That work was a finalist for a 2012 Pulitzer Prize and won the IRE Medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Scripps Howard Award for public service reporting and the Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism. Before joining CIR, Corey covered higher education at The Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina. He is a graduate of Florida A&M University.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
Calif. lawmakers seek legislation to prevent prison sterilization abuse
Sen. Loni Hancock, chairwoman of the Public Safety Committee, said today that she hoped a new law would “clarify” state policy on prison sterilizations, which are allowed only in cases of medical necessity and with high-level state approval.Screen shot from California Channel Top state lawmakers pledged today to pursue legislation to prevent sterilization abuses in […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
Lawmakers call for investigation into sterilization of female inmates
Former Valley State Prison for Women inmate Kimberly Jeffrey, seen outside her San Francisco home, says a doctor pressured her to agree to be sterilized while she was sedated and strapped to a surgical table for a C-section. She refused.Noah Berger/For The Center for Investigative Reporting UPDATE, July 11, 2013: This story updates to include […]
Posted inHealth Care, Prisons
Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval
Doctors with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals. Critics say officials targeted women deemed likely to return to prison.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval
The California Institution for Women in Corona was one of two state prisons where female inmates were sterilized without required state approvals. At least 148 women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules from 2006 to 2010.Courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections […]