Survived + Punished

Grassroots groups launch new Queens DA accountability coalition and release demands

Jan 26, 2019 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media | 0 comments

Photo above courtesy of Andrea Bichan/VOCAL-NY Dozens of criminal justice reform advocates took to the steps of the Queens Criminal Court Monday to demand change at the DA’s office. Article by Bill Parry, QNS Dozens of justice reform advocates spent much of...

Black women punished for self-defense must be freed from their cages

Jan 12, 2019 | Media | 0 comments

Art above by Adriana Bellet. Black women punished for self-defense must be freed from their cages, by Mariame Kaba, The Guardian; Excerpt below: While self-defense laws are interpreted generously when applied to white men who feel threatened by men of color, they are...

Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency! Analyses & Interviews

Jan 12, 2019 | Media | 0 comments

After 15 years of incarceration for defending her life, Cyntoia Brown will finally be released. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam commuted her sentence following ongoing public support for her freedom. She will be eligible for release on August 7, 2019, and she’ll be...

How Can We Reconcile Prison Abolition With #MeToo?

Oct 4, 2018 | Media | 0 comments

Victoria Law @ Filter. Excerpt below: I’ve interviewed numerous adult survivors of domestic violence imprisoned for defending themselves. Again and again, they tell me that they turned to the police and legal system, both of which failed to protect them. Perhaps...

Building Accountable Communities: A Video Series

Sep 27, 2018 | Events, Media | 0 comments

Accountability is a familiar buzz-word in contemporary social movements, but what does it mean? How do we work toward it? In this series of four short videos, anti-violence activists Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby ask and explore: What does it look like to be...

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

Sep 13, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, 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...