Jane Dorotik California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP)

Jane Dorotik is a registered nurse and healthcare professional who worked for many years in Community Mental Health Administration. She was incarcerated for 20 years on a wrongful conviction and, thanks to the amazing work by attorneys who are now the Los Angeles Innocence Project, her conviction was overturned in July 2020. She is a member of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), A Policy Advisor for the Los Angeles Innocence Project, a current member of the Board of Directors of Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), a member of the DA Accountability Coalition, and a founding member of CURE CALIFORNIA. Jane founded Compassionate Companions, an organization within the California Institution for Women (CIW) that provides kindness and compassion to any incarcerated woman experiencing any catastrophic emotional event, and provides vigils and care for terminally ill incarcerated women. She also founded and published for eight years the CIW newsletter, Strive High. Jane advocates for prison abolition as well as dignity and compassion for all incarcerated individuals.