California's eugenics program is believed to have sterilized 20,000 women behind bars between 1909 and 1979. Groups that fight for human rights and the rights of people in prison want the State of California to compensate victims of medical abuse behind bars. Story by Suzanne Potter, in collaboration with Rey Levy Uyeda for YES! Media-California News Service. (Photo: California's eugenics program is believed to have sterilized 20,000 women behind bars between 1909 and 1979. -…