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- Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.
Women are disproportionately unsafe in prison; while they make up just 7 percent of the federal and state prison population, they account for more than one quarter of victims of sexual abuse by prison staff Just last year, a women’s prison in Dublin, Calif , nicknamed the “rape club,” was shut down for its rampant culture of sexual violence
- 2 progressive prosecutors resign after ethical scandals - Yahoo
Kim Gardner of St Louis and Rachael Rollins of Boston are two Black women at the vanguard of a nationwide initiative to lessen prison sentences, implement restorative justice and hold police
- The Prosecutor Who Pioneered A New Path Home From Prison - Forbes
Hillary Blout founded For The People in 2019 to work with prosecutors to safely bring people home from prison, reuniting families and strengthening communities Here, we discuss why pathways
- Incarcerated Women Get Left Out Of Most Justice Reform . . .
Women are outpacing men in incarceration rates and have been for more than a decade Despite a growing population, criminal justice reform rarely targets the needs of incarcerated women Even initiatives spearheaded by women in Congress ignore the specific needs of women in prison
- Overlooked: Women and Jails in an Era of Reform
women incarcerated in jails is growing at a faster rate than any other correctional population 4 Since 1970, the number of women in jail nationwide has increased 14-fold—from under 8,000 to nearly 110,000— and now accounts for approximately half of all women behind bars in the
- Black Women Prosecutors — prosecution. org
Black women are significantly underrepresented in the field of prosecution, making up roughly 1% of prosecutors nationwide Nonetheless, they have played a unique and crucial role as leaders of the prosecution reform movement, both as line attorneys and as elected leaders
- Recent Rise in Women and Girls Behind Bars Is Rooted in the . . .
There are 46,300 girls and women sitting in jail without a conviction because they either cannot afford or were denied bail, according to a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative
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