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...
Feb 6, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates |
Welcome home, Bresha.In this post, #FreeBresha organizers Colby Lenz and Mariame Kaba review how #FreeBresha successfully advocated for Bresha Meadows, an Ohio teen who was jailed after killing her father in self-defense. (Originally published at Teen Vogue) Bresha...
Dec 28, 2017 | Case & Campaign Updates, Survivor Messages |
art by Francis Mead from the “Visions from the Inside” project 김이화씨는 길고 긴 8개월 동안 박해와 학대를 이민자 수용소 안에서 겪은 후 2017년 12월 28일 오전에 한국으로 강제로 출국당한다. After 8 long months of abuse and harassment in immigration detention, Yihwa Kim is being forced to return back to South Korea...
Nov 16, 2017 | Case & Campaign Updates, Survivor Messages |
Domestic violence survivor, Ny Nourn, has finally been released from ICE detention! More info about the organizing to free her can be found in this article, and Ny released the letter below via Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus: To My Loved Ones and...
