If the crumbling status of Black America is a telltale sign of the dangers and threats that eventually befall all Americans, incarcerated Black women are the canary in the coal mine—and not just for incarcerated women, but for women across the country.
Tag: Justice System
Die Jim Crow: Meet the Inmates Fighting Back Against Mass Incarceration With Music
The “Die Jim Crow EP Book” features the voices of former and current inmates speaking out against mass incarceration. B.L. Shirelle is one of those voices—and through the Die Jim Crow collective, she’s opening up about the racialized and gendered impacts of the prison-industrial complex.
Justice Beyond Accountability
Individual accountability matters, but sexual violence is also a community and cultural issue. To end rape culture, we need to seek out new models for justice that go beyond the state.
Women Are Not Safe on Rikers Island
Women detained at Rikers are not safe. Neither are the women who visit or the women who work there.
Beauty as Survival in “Orange is the New Black”
In season six of “Orange Is the New Black,” the women of Litchfield aren’t wearing makeup like they used to.
How Modern Debtors’ Prisons are Using Fees to Tear Apart Families
Too many women are landing in jail because they’re broke. For single mothers, the consequences are nothing short of devastating.
We Will Be Judged for This: Feminist Lawmakers and Activists Protest Trump’s Immigration Policies Outside Otay Mesa Detention Center
This past Friday, nearly 200 people gathered together outside of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego to demand that the Trump administration reunite families torn apart at the border as a result of the president’s so-called “zero-tolerance” policy.
Order in the Courts: When Will the #MeToo Movement Reach the Judiciary?
As the #MeToo movement shifts understandings of gender, power and work across the country, women in robes are driving the same culture change in the courtroom.
What’s Next in the Fight for Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women
North Carolina officials have announced that prison officers will no longer shackle incarcerated women during childbirth—but the organizers and advocates at SisterSong, the women of color reproductive justice collective that led the campaign against shackling in the state, aren’t yet embarking on a victory march.
Lawmakers Across the U.S. Want Menstrual Equity for Incarcerated Women
Several states are fighting to put an end to the time when women prisoners do not even make enough to afford a box of tampons.