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Assembly committee sends SB 337 to appropriations after unanimous vote to tighten oversight of staff abuse in women’s prisons
Summary
SB 337, carried by Senator Caroline Menjivar, would require documentation of searches and interactions, extend grievance filing windows for incarcerated people, bar hiring staff convicted of sexual or violent offenses, and strengthen oversight of investigations into allegations of staff abuse.
The Assembly Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill 337, a broad package of measures authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar aimed at preventing and better documenting staff abuse in California’s women’s prisons.
Senator Menjivar told the committee the bill responds to a string of high‑profile allegations of abuse and gaps in existing oversight: "There’s no documentation that takes place if an officer looks to search an incarcerated individual. It's a he said, she said kinda story. We wanna change that," she said.
SB 337 would require documentation of every search and scan, create an avenue…
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