Survived + Punished

To Confront Sexual Violence, We Don’t Need Better Prosecutors — We Need to Abolish Them

Jun 17, 2021 | Media | 0 comments

Taylor Blackston, a Black queer abolitionist organizer and survivor of sexual violence, and Sojourner Rivers,  a sexual violence survivor, member of Survived & Punished NY and a member of the #StandWithTracy defense team, wrote a powerful op/ed about the abolition...

Beyond #StopAsianHate: Criminalization, Gender, & Asian Abolition Feminism

Jun 17, 2021 | Events, Media | 0 comments

Don’t miss this powerful discussion by abolitionist feminists about how white supremacy and criminalization shape the experiences of gendered racial violence for Asian people. This event was organized by Haymarket Books and features Survived & Punished...

Ny Nourn: the woman convicted of murder and pardoned – who now fights for other battered women

Jun 4, 2021 | Media | 0 comments

The Guardian article, “Ny Nourn: the woman convicted of murder and pardoned – who now fights for other battered women,” features the experiences and political vision of Ny Nourn, an S&P member, policy expert, community organizer, and formerly...

Cuomo’s Gender-Based Violence Includes His Failure to Free Imprisoned Survivors

Mar 20, 2021 | Media | 0 comments

Survived & Punished NY published a powerful op/ed on Truthout reflecting on Governor Cuomo’s violence and failure to free criminalized survivors. Excerpt below: The current spotlight on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s history of sexually abusing his staff is consistent...

New Campaign: Defund Prisons. Defend Survivors!

Oct 20, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Resources | 1 comment

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....

Take Action: Tracy McCarter Released from Jail, Still Faces Trial

Oct 10, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates, Media | 0 comments

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...