Sep 24, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates |
BACKGROUND: Tammy Garvin is an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence and sex trafficking who has been in prison for 27 years as a result of her trafficker/abuser’s lethal violence. Tammy was only 14 years old when she was trafficked, and by the time she was...
Sep 13, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Research & Strategy |
Kelly Hayes interviews S&P member, Mariame Kaba, about the S&P commutation campaign in New York.Truthout. Excerpt below: Hayes: Cynthia Nixon’s promise to commute the sentences of criminalized survivors, if she is elected, was a surprise to many. What do you...
Aug 13, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Melissa Jeltsen @ Huffington Post. Excerpt below: Ericka Persson, an advocate with Survived and Punished, called [Governor Andrew Cuomo’s clemency] guidelines “ambiguous and arbitrary” and said they could be changed. “Cuomo has the power to free these...
Aug 7, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Survivor Messages |
In this excerpt from her conversation with writer Victoria Law, Valerie Seeley expresses her commitment to helping other women criminalized for survival and asking Cuomo to grant more clemencies. Valerie Seeley is a survivor of domestic violence. In 1998 Valerie was...
Aug 5, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Rachel Johnson @ In These Times. Excerpt below: Some argue that, to truly address mass incarceration, it is necessary to advance policies towards rehabilitating—and freeing—people charged with violent crimes. A focus on ending the war on drugs is insufficient, as...
Feb 16, 2018 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates |
Survived and Punished calls for the freedom of all incarcerated survivors. California has increased the number of commutations for Life Without Parole sentencing, meaning fewer people are sentenced to die in prison because they have a chance at parole. One strategy...
