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 27, 2020 | Case & Campaign Updates |
We are overjoyed to announce that Ny Nourn, organizer with Survived & Punished and Asian Law Caucus, was granted a pardon yesterday!!!! A pardon means that Ny is no longer under threat of deportation by ICE. Her statement is below: Earlier today, Governor Gavin...
Jun 27, 2020 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Sam Levin at The Guardian reports on the recent paltry number of commutations granted by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Excerpt below: Gavin Newsom, who has faced mounting pressure to release people en masse from state prisons, announced Friday that he is granting commutations to...
Jun 23, 2020 | Case & Campaign Updates |
Chrystul Kizer is a Black 19-year-old survivor of sexual violence currently facing criminal prosecution for actions taken in self-defense. For almost two years, Chrystul has been incarcerated in the Kenosha County Jail while awaiting trial and presumed innocent. In...
Jun 10, 2020 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media |
Article by Victoria Law, Truthout. Excerpt below: No national agency tracks the number of rape or domestic violence survivors imprisoned for self-defense. Similarly, no agency tracks the number of immigrant survivors who face detention and deportation for their...
