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Support Legal Defense/Survival Fund for Brandy Scott!
SUPPORT HERE! Brandy Scott is a Black trans woman and survivor of domestic violence. Please join Survived & Punished (S&P) - California and Trans, Gender-Variant, and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) as we organize support for Brandy. Brandy was criminalized...
Patrice Smith Released: Support her freedom!
Exciting news and a support request from the family of Patrice Smith: After serving almost 22 years in prison, a new law in New York State called the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA) allowed a Judge to reconsider the 25 years to life prison sentence of...
Demand Freedom for Syiaah Skylit!
SIGN PETITION TO FREE SYIAAH Syiaah Skylit is a Black transgender woman currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP). Syiaah has been a victim of multiple acts of brutal, senseless violence at KVSP at the hands of prison staff and others in custody. Many...
Take Action: Tracy McCarter Released from Jail, Still Faces Trial
Tracy McCarter is a nurse and a survivor of domestic violence who was forced to defend her life in March after her husband attacked her. For months, prosecutors not only insisted on punishing her for her act of self-defense, they imprisoned her on Rikers Island...
Interference Archive Series on Survived & Punished NY & Archiving Abolition
Interference Archive · AI77.1: Archiving Abolition - Survived & Punished Interference Archive interviewed Survived and Punished NY, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and...
Breaking: Ny Nourn Granted Pardon!!!
We are overjoyed to announce that Ny Nourn, organizer with Survived & Punished and Asian Law Caucus, was granted a pardon yesterday!!!! A pardon means that Ny is no longer under threat of deportation by ICE. Her statement is below: Earlier today, Governor Gavin...
July 1: Prison Is Gender Violence, Free All Survivors! Teach-In
Join MUAVI and Love & Protect for an interactive virtual teach-in on the criminalization of survivors of gender-based violence. The Prison Is Gender Violence, Free All Surivors! Teach-In will take place on Wednesday, July 1, from 6 to 7:45 p.m. CST via Zoom....
June 30: Another World is Possible: Bluestockings and Survived & Punished NY Party
Go to bit.ly/bstox21 to RSVP today, before our limited tickets sell out! June 30, 7pm ET On June 30th, join Bluestockings and Survived & Punished as we honor the radical legacy of Pride Month as an uprising against state-sanctioned violence led by Black and brown...
California governor grants a tiny number of clemencies as thousands in prison infected with Covid-19
Sam Levin at The Guardian reports on the recent paltry number of commutations granted by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Excerpt below: Gavin Newsom, who has faced mounting pressure to release people en masse from state prisons, announced Friday that he is granting commutations to...