Oct 20, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Resources |
Survived & Punished CA is excited to announce the launch of the new campaign, #DefundPrisonsDefendSurvivors, for Domestic Violence Awareness Month! This campaign illustrates how the criminal punishment system — ICE, prisons, policing, prosecutors, etc....
Oct 20, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates |
SUPPORT HERE! Brandy Scott is a Black trans woman and survivor of domestic violence. Please join Survived & Punished (S&P) – California and Trans, Gender-Variant, and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) as we organize support for Brandy. Brandy was...
Oct 20, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates |
Exciting news and a support request from the family of Patrice Smith: After serving almost 22 years in prison, a new law in New York State called the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA) allowed a Judge to reconsider the 25 years to life prison sentence of...
Oct 10, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates |
SIGN PETITION TO FREE SYIAAH Syiaah Skylit is a Black transgender woman currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP). Syiaah has been a victim of multiple acts of brutal, senseless violence at KVSP at the hands of prison staff and others in custody. Many...
Oct 10, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Tracy McCarter is a nurse and a survivor of domestic violence who was forced to defend her life in March after her husband attacked her. For months, prosecutors not only insisted on punishing her for her act of self-defense, they imprisoned her on Rikers Island...
Jun 4, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates, Survivor Messages |
Tomiekia Johnson’s case and several other incarcerated survivors of color were covered in a recent article in The Guardian! The article highlights the call for Gov. Gavin Newsom to grant incarcerated survivors emergency commutations and release them from a...
