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Trump targets transgender prisoners — but he’s not the first

In the latest attack on trans people’s safety, the Trump administration announced that they will assign incarcerated transgender people to prisons based on the sex they were assigned at birth.

By caroline.catlin • 7 years ago

Prison That Forces Inmates to Give Birth in Shackles Being Sued

Last week, a former inmate of Milwaukee County filed a lawsuit alleging that multiple pregnant people were forced to give birth in shackles while being held there. This comes on the heels of another lawsuit against the jail in December of 2016, when a newborn baby died shortly after birth. Feministing has covered this issue for years, yet little has changed – our justice system is still actively abusing inmates and claiming it’s for our protection.

Last week, a former inmate of Milwaukee County filed a lawsuit alleging that multiple pregnant people were forced to give birth in shackles while being held there. This comes on ...

By Reina Gattuso • 7 years ago

Justice Beyond Incarceration: Perspectives on Race, Rape, and Brock Turner

We all know about the Stanford rape case, and we know about it for good reason: Because the survivor’s incredible statement to the court got the widespread airtime it deserved.

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

According to a new report from Grassroots Leadership, there are over 10,500 prisoners who have been shipped across state lines to private, for-profit prisons outside of their home states.

By Kim Katrin Milan • 8 years ago

An alarming 36% of women in Canadian prisons are Indigenous

For the first time in the history of Canada as a nation state, more than a quarter of inmates in prisons are Indigenous people.

By Verónica Bayetti Flores • 8 years ago

New survey uncovers the experiences of LGBTQ prisoners

A groundbreaking new report by Black & Pink, a network of LGBTQ prisoners and allies working to abolish the prison industrial complex, gives us stark new data on the incarceration of LGBTQ people.

By Jos Truitt • 8 years ago

Chelsea Manning facing indefinite solitary confinement for books & toothpaste

Political prisoner (and personal hero) Chelsea Manning is facing indefinite solitary confinement after supposed “contraband” was found in her possession.

By Mahroh Jahangiri • 8 years ago

‘Orange is the New Black’ author testifies on prison reform

Piper Kerman, author of the book that inspired the Netflix show Orange Is the New Black, spoke before Congress yesterday on the disturbing realities facing women in prison.