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SAY HER NAME, Part II: Women, Violence, and Incarceration

Posted on March 2, 2016

SAY HER NAME, Part II: Women, Violence, and Incarceration (Part I is here) “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967 “I am convicted of murdering my ex-husband who abused me for years. I have done 33 years of my 25-to-life sentence. I am […]

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Posted in Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Prison Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged feminism, gender-based violence, holding our own, intersectionality, mass incarceration, naomi jaffe, prison justice, racism, she breathes, victim-blaming, women Leave a comment

Say Her Name: Women, Mass Incarceration, and Violence – Part I

Posted on January 11, 2016

Fewer than 5% of those incarcerated in the prisons of New York State are women. Therefore, our movement for justice in the criminal justice system should devote less than 5% of its time, energy, and resources to issues of incarceration and women — right? Wrong. But it often seems like that’s what we do. Here […]

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Posted in Gender-based Violence, Local Feminists, Prison Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged albany ny, feminism, gender-based violence, naomi jaffe, nys prisoner justice, prison justice, she breathes, women of color Leave a comment

Help send a Capital Region Delegation to INCITE!

Posted on March 4, 2015

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Political Education, Sexual Assault, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged activism, angelica clarke, feminism, gender-based violence, holding our own, local feminism, mass incarceration, prison justice, sexual assault, women of color Leave a comment

The Newest Chapter in the “War on Drugs”: The Pregnancy Criminalization Law (SB 1391)

Posted on May 19, 2014

On Tuesday, April 29th, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, signed into law the first law in the United States that authorizes the arrest and incarceration of women who use drugs while pregnant. Women in Tennessee can now be prosecuted for assault if they take a narcotic drug while pregnant and the baby is born addicted, is […]

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Posted in Prison Justice, Reproductive Justice, Social Justice Tagged Haslam, holding our own, Pregnancy, Prison, prison justice, SB 1391, she breathes, Tennessee, The Pregnancy Criminalization Law, women, women and poverty Leave a comment

Why we should care about college education programs for prisoners

Posted on April 2, 2014

Prison education programs, particularly those that provide college-level courses are important to everyone, not just the prisoners who participate in them. Governor Cuomo’s proposed initiative to fund – with state money – college programs in 10 prisons has sparked some very interesting dialogue surrounding this topic. Although it is looking like the program will not […]

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Posted in Prison Justice, Social Justice, Uncategorized Tagged criminal justice, education for prisoners, felony disenfranchisement, governor cuomo, holding our own, kids before cons, nys prisons, prison justice, she breathes, tom reed Leave a comment

Women and Incarceration: Letter-Writing as Resistance

Posted on March 28, 2014

“You asked, ‘What’s on your mind today?’ The whole time I’ve been in prison not one person has asked me that question. Thank you. …I’m still alive and it doesn’t matter how many times I have fallen. It’s how many times I get back up that counts.” The quote above is taken from a letter […]

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Posted in Activism, Events, Prison Justice, Social Justice Tagged criminal justice, holding our own, mass incarceration, prison justice, she breathes, stephanie kaylor 1 Comment

Towards Eliminating the Wedge Part 2: Continuing the Conversation on Prison Justice and Gender-based Violence

Posted on March 19, 2014

Join in the conversation. We began this dialogue on November 21st, 2013. This is part 2, but don’t hesitate to join in! RSVP on Facebook Download, print or share the flyer There is a conflict between the mainstream movement to eliminate gender-based violence and the movement to end mass incarceration. But here are some basic […]

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Posted in Activism, Gender-based Violence, Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged activism, albany, gender violence, gender-based violence, holding our own, mass incarceration, prison justice, sexual assault, she breathes Leave a comment

Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration

Posted on February 18, 2014

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 at 6:30pm The Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement: Solitary Confinement in New York and the Statewide Movement to Challenge It at the Social Justice Center 33 Central Avenue, Albany, NY Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration (CAAMI) would like to invite you to join them for a presentation provided by The […]

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Towards Eliminating the Wedge: a Conversation on Prison Justice and Gender-based Violence

Posted on November 6, 2013

  Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 6pm 1199 SEIU, 155 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY Join in the conversation. There is a conflict between the mainstream movement to eliminate gender-based violence and the movement to end mass incarceration. But here are some basic truths: *We need to be safe from gender-based violence, *Current public policy about […]

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Posted in Activism, Local Feminists, Political Education Tagged activism, feminist events, gender violence, holding our own, mass incarceration, prison justice, sexual assault, she breathes 1 Comment

Rape and Mass Incarceration: Part 2, Naomi Jaffe

Posted on April 2, 2013

Note: In response to the (apparently male) poster who suggested castration for rapists: men’s preoccupation with revenge, punishment, and violence is the problem, not the solution. One more time: violence is the problem. “The master’s tools can never dismantle the master’s house.” (Audre Lorde) Also, thank you to the commenter who called on feminists to […]

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Posted in Prison Justice, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized Tagged audre lorde, male supremacy, mass incarceration, naomi jaffe, prison justice, rape, sexual assault, she breathes, women of color 5 Comments

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