Abby Cunniff

Abby Cunniff is a Ph.D. student in environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

2 California Prisons Face Imminent Flooding. They Must Be Evacuated Now.

California prison authorities have a history of failing to evacuate incarcerated people for weather-related emergencies.

April 14, 2023

CAL FIRE’s decades-old reliance on prison labor is coming to an end. The state should invest in firefighting jobs.

September 23, 2022

Opponents of the proposed women's facility in Harlem affirm “there is no such thing as a feminist jail.”

July 2, 2022

Thousands of people were forced to consume arsenic-laced water for years at Kern Valley State Prison.

February 13, 2022

The students feel it's imperative to act against the forces of colonialism within climate change.

April 29, 2016