Support for LAist comes from
Become a sponsor
Audience-funded nonprofit news
Donate
Stay Connected

LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media network.

Audience-funded nonprofit news
Listen
Donate
Podcasts Take Two
Report: Female prisoners in California sterilized without consent
solid orange rectangular banner
()
Take Two Logo
Jul 12, 2013
Listen • 9:37
Report: Female prisoners in California sterilized without consent
The Center for Investigative Reporting recently found that nearly 150 women were sterilized without required approvals.
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.
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
)

The Center for Investigative Reporting recently found that nearly 150 women were sterilized without required approvals.

The Center for Investigative Reporting recently found that nearly 150 women were sterilized without required approvals.

Former inmates and prisoner advocates claim that prison medical staff coerced many of these women, especially those considered likely to return to prison. Reporter Corey Johnson has been looking into this story. He joins the show with more.