New Home Opens for Formerly Incarcerated Women in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA — A new Sisterhood Alliance for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) Home—called Turning Point—for formerly…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 259: Heat and Incarceration – Life in an Oven
In July 2024, a woman died from a heat-related illness while incarcerated at the Central California Women’s…
REPORT: Incarcerated Adult and Teenage Female Population Surges Seven-Fold; Lower-Level Charges Disproportionately Affect Incarcerated Female Population
WASHINGTON, DC – In the last four decades, the number of incarcerated women has increased sevenfold, according…
Alameda County Federal Dublin Prison Shut Down after Extensive Sexual Abuse of Incarcerated Women
By Kayla Garcia-Pebdani ALAMEDA, CA—The Bureau of Prisons, as expected, has announced the shutdown of Federal Correctional…
Guest Commentary: The Painful Reality of Being an Incarcerated Mother
This Mother’s Day, let’s not forget incarcerated women, and let’s get them home to their families. By…
Rolling Stone Article by Incarcerated Writer Serving 2 Life Sentences at New Jersey State Prison Talks about ‘Utter Uselessness’ Inside
By Citlalli Florez TRENTON, NJ – The commentary piece in Rolling Stone magazine began with a story…
Sentencing Project Research Study Reveals Modern Female Incarceration Population Is Seven Times Higher Than 1980
By Macy Lu and Cailin Garcia WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sentencing Project released a new report titled…
Guest Commentary: When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence
The refusal to let pregnant people out of prison shows just how deep our mass incarceration obsession…