California to Provide Reparations for Survivors of Forced Sterilizations in Prisons
The state performed around 20,000 forced sterilizations between 1909 and 1979.
California will be the third state in the country to pay reparations to the victims of forced sterilizations of incarcerated people that was possible under the state’s eugenics laws, according to ABC 7.
The reparations program is a part of the state’s $75 million budget, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Monday. About $7.5 million will be allocated for reparations.
Kelli Dillon, one of the survivors of involuntary sterilization, told ABC 7, “Oh my goodness. I can’t even explain the overjoyed feeling that I have. But also the feeling of relief.”
She added that what happened to her and others “was a crime against humanity.”
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