Parting gifts
Donna Andrews was released from Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) on Dec. 4, 2025. She had been incarcerated since 2006.
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Features
A chaplain’s calling
How Sister Melissa Untalon-Espino shepherds her flock By Nora Igova & Joanna Gomez Melissa Untalon-Espino, aka Sister Melissa, is the Protestant chaplain
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Maintaining ethnicity while incarcerated
Ethnicity is defined as your background, where you come from, your language, your customs, and your belief systems. Growing up,
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A day just for women
Our calendar acknowledges a multitude of holidays and observances. We celebrate Veterans Day, Memorial Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Martin Luther
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Women and Gangs
What attracts them to gang culture is often specific to women, and so is finding a way out once incarcerated
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Living Amends
In celebration of World Kidney Day, March 13, we wanted to know: Will organ donations for incarcerated people become a
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How to endure yard downs
Ground time can be “found time” with a little creativity Here at Central California Women’s Facility, we are rarely idle.
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Anyone can be a hero
Does my grandma count? Everyone has a hero or someone they’ve looked up to during their childhood. Maybe they didn’t
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Diving deep into your story
Lifescripting has been challenging women at CCWF to become the directors of their own lives for 14 years By Nora
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Keeping Lunar New Year alive at CCWF
Happy New Year! Approximately 2 billion people across the globe celebrate the Lunar New Year, principally observed in Vietnam, China,
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