Informational Resources

Compassionate Release

Information about how a person might get released from prison through resentencing if they (1) have a serious and advanced medical condition with an end-of-life trajectory, (2) are permanently medically incapacitated with a medical condition or functional impairment that makes them permanently unable to complete activities of basic daily living, or (3) have progressive end-stage dementia.

This resource is available in Spanish as “Liberación compasiva” on our Spanish resources page.

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Requesting Medical Records in California State Prisons

Information and form for authorizing a lawyer, advocate, or family member to get documents from a person's CDCR health records.

This resource is available in Spanish as “Cómo solicitar información o expedientes médicos al CDCR” on our Spanish resources page.

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