Lisa Montgomery, the only woman under a federal death sentence, is scheduled for execution on January 12, 2021. Lisa is one of many incarcerated survivors who experienced horrific abuse as a child for years. In the context of untreated mental health issues stemming from this abuse, she engaged in an act that ended in tragic […]

The Illinois Prison Project is excited to announce the launch of our Women & Survivors Project! Join us on February 18th at 7 pm CST for our second event in the Conversations for Justice series, where we will celebrate the launch of this project with a discussion of how far we have come and where […]

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & the Campaign to Free Maddesyn George Webinar Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11am - 1pm PST Registration: bit.ly/freemaddesyn Join the Free Maddesyn George campaign for a conversation on colonialism, gender violence, and the self-defense case of Colville tribal member, Maddesyn George. Featuring Earth-Feather Sovereign, director of Missing & Murdered Indigenous […]

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 4pm - 5:30pm ET On September 8, join NYSCASA and partners for a webinar with Mariame Kaba, an organizer, educator and curator who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. Learn about the work of Survived and Punished, a national collective committed to defending criminalized and incarcerated survivors and […]

An update from the Free Maddesyn George defense campaign: Dear Community, Thank you for all of the ways you've helped build the campaign for Maddesyn George's freedom. The petition has gained more than 1K signatures since last week's webinar, and we've raised nearly $4K of our $5K goal for Maddesyn's family support fund. We are […]

Join the Campaign to Free Maddesyn George for a virtual press conference on November 8 at 2 p.m. Panelists will discuss the many social justice issues that intersect in this urgent case. Featured speakers include attorney and playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle and professors Val Kalei Kanuha (University of Washington), Alisa Bierria (University of California Los […]

Join S&P partner, the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, for a special virtual anniversary event celebrating two and a half decades of California Coalition for Women Prisoners’ inside/outside organizing and the consistent publication of The Fire Inside newsletter, now the longest published newsletter by and for people in US women’s prisons. We are honored to announce Mariame Kaba as our keynote speaker and […]