Survived + Punished

Tracy McCarter Walked Free From Murder Charges. A Public Campaign Helped Get Her Out

Mar 4, 2023 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Research & Strategy | 0 comments

Photo above by Ariel Robbins. Tracy McCarter and her daughter, Ariel Robbins (left).  Continuing a four part series on the case of criminalized survivor of domestic violence, Tracy McCarter, and the grassroots defense campaign to free her, Jessica Washington examines...

The woman confronting the US prison-to-deportation pipeline

Mar 30, 2022 | Media | 0 comments

Al Jazeera published a profile on Survived & Punished leader, Ny Nourn! Excerpt below: The story of how Nourn, 41, first came to be imprisoned is the story of her emergence as an advocate. As the co-director of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee — and an...

Pressure mounts for Manhattan district attorney to drop charges of criminalized survivor Tracy McCarter

Mar 29, 2022 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media | 0 comments

Pressure mounts for Manhattan district attorney to drop charges of criminalized survivor Tracy McCarter. On the campaign trail, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg expressed support for Tracy McCarter—but after three months in office, he’s been silent on her case....

Alvin Bragg’s unjust prosecution: Tracy McCarter should be freed

Mar 14, 2022 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media | 0 comments

Alvin Bragg’s unjust prosecution: Tracy McCarter should be freed by Dr. Uché Blackstock, New York Daily News; excerpt below: It has been two years since Tracy McCarter, a Black mother and nurse living and working in New York, was arrested after surviving a domestic...

Do Police Help or Hurt Domestic Violence Survivors? New City Council Members Take a Stand

Mar 13, 2022 | Media, Research & Strategy | 0 comments

Media update: Do Police Help or Hurt Domestic Violence Survivors? New City Council Members Take a Stand, by Jessica Washington, The City Excerpt below: Divisions among domestic violence advocates in New York City about what role, if any, police should have in...

Why Policing and Prisons Can’t End Gender Violence

Mar 2, 2022 | Media | 0 comments

Why Policing and Prisons Can’t End Gender Violence The authors of the new book, Abolition. Feminism. Now. discuss why racialized state violence and gender-based violence have to be fought together, by Angela Y. Davis,  Gina Dent,  Erica R. Meiners,  Beth E. Richie,...