Four years ago, FUEL received the following proposal:
January 21, 2018
In re: PROPOSAL TO ORGANIZE AN INMATE GROUP ENTITLED FAMILIES
UNITED TO END LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE-LANCASTER STATE PRISON ("FUEL-LAC")
The men at California State Prison-Los Angeles County (“Lancaster State Prison”) would like to organize an inmate group entitled FUEL-LAC. There are approximately 200 men serving LWOP sentences on facility “A” who would like to consolidate our efforts under FUEL -Fair Chance Project to end LWOP sentencing. The proposed FUEL -LAC group will mutually agree to the following:
- Function under the Families to End LWOP – FUEL LAC
- Work with FUEL to discuss strategies to END LWOP sentencing
- Invite guests, advocates and other allies to speak and confer with FUEL – LAC on accomplishing the goals of FUEL
- FUEL – LAC will keep FUEL in the free world abreast of all its activities via, minutes, letters and/or phone calls
The FUEL – LAC inmate group will function under the guidance of a steering committee.
The group later took on the name FUEL Inside. Today, there are Inside FUEL groups in prisons throughout the state.