Survived + Punished

How Organizers Made Survivors’ Incarceration an Issue in the Cuomo/Nixon Race

Sep 13, 2018 | Media, Research & Strategy | 0 comments

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...

Prosecutor Pursues Murder Charge for Woman Who Defended Herself From Abuser

Aug 25, 2018 | Media | 0 comments

William C. Anderson from The Appeal. Excerpt below: Jacqueline Dixon’s murder charge came despite the fact that she had requested an order of protection against her husband in 2016 for punching her in the face and verbally abusing her multiple times, and Dixon’s...

S&P Member, Ny Nourn, Gives TED Talk

Aug 20, 2018 | Media, Survivor Messages | 0 comments

  S&P California member, Ny Nourn, recently gave this TED talk describing her experiences with immigration to the U.S. as a Cambodian refugee, surviving domestic violence, being convicted for the actions of her batterer and sentenced to life without the...

Andrew Cuomo Under Pressure To Free Women Imprisoned For Killing Abusers

Aug 13, 2018 | Media | 0 comments

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...

Valerie Seeley: Free Them All

Aug 7, 2018 | Media, Research & Strategy, Survivor Messages | 0 comments

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...

Cynthia Nixon’s Plan to Stem Mass Incarceration Has a Uniquely Feminist Provision

Aug 5, 2018 | Media | 0 comments

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...