When they met in 1965, Gwendolyn Zoharah and Michael Simmons had already dedicated their lives to organizing to topple Jim Crow. Both…

If prisons kept us safe, then the U.S. should be the safest nation in the world

How can we disrupt and end child sexual abuse without turning to police and a racist prison industrial complex that disproportionately criminalizes, arrests and imprisons Black and Indigenous people, further destabilizing their families and communities?

Anti-Trafficking Laws Are Hurting, Not Helping

When the Sexual Assaulter Holds the Keys to Your Cell

Women have become the fastest-growing segment of the incarcerated population

Taking up the call to #FreethePeople

Black women behind bars are rendered invisible, and their experiences of violence remain either ignored or blatantly disbelieved

After budget cuts gutted prison higher-ed programs, Cheryl Wilkins demanded the chance to learn behind bars. Now she’s making sure others get the same life-changing opportunity.

Women in California’s largest immigrant prison hold hunger strike