Dec 19, 2019 | Media, Research & Strategy |
by Aleks Kajstura for the Prison Policy Initiative. Excerpt below: With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experience with incarceration. How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional...
Oct 28, 2019 | Events, Media, Research & Strategy |
The 2019 Survived and Punished National Convening featured a day of panels, strategy sessions, and community building — all with a focus on launching defense campaigns and organizing to free criminalized survivors of racialized gender-based violence. Below are...
Sep 16, 2019 | Media, Research & Strategy |
Article written by Janelle Hawes and Jerry Flores for Juvenile Justice. Excerpt below: Overall, the girls in this study had to negotiate constant mistreatment across various institutions and by multiple people with little help or relief. Furthermore, 14 of the girls...
Jul 29, 2019 | Research & Strategy |
NOW AVAILABLE: Clemency & Parole: A Guide by Survived & Punished NY Digital PDF Print PDF Commutation Application Guide by California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) Download Now Versión en español These guides are specific to New York and California,...
Jun 24, 2019 | Media, Research & Strategy |
Article written by Victoria Law for The Atlantic. Excerpt below: On a morning this past March, two dozen women gathered on a Harlem sidewalk. Many had been released from prison over the past decade. They were boarding a charter bus to Albany, where they hoped to...
Feb 6, 2019 | Research & Strategy, Resources |
~NOW AVAILABLE~ Research Across the Walls: A Guide to Participatory Research Projects & Partnerships to Free Criminalized Survivors Download Now! For many survivors, experiences of policing, criminalization, and incarceration are deeply intertwined...