The insufficiency of data and analysis on women and incarceration has left a significant gap in our understanding of obstacles to gender equity facing women today.
Because She’s Powerful: The Political Isolation and Resistance of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones
The insufficiency of data and analysis on women and incarceration has left a significant gap in our understanding of obstacles to gender equity facing women today.
When Going to the Hospital is Just as Bad as Jail
A new lawsuit claims Black Americans with mental illness are being forced into traumatic emergency room stays.
‘Defunding the Police’ and People with Mental Illness
The Bazelon Center argues for removing the role of law enforcement in responding to people with mental illness; rather, they suggest scaling up the capacity of the mental and behavioral health system.
Lessons from a Tribal Prosecutor
TaNeel Filesteel, a Tribal Prosecutor for the Fort Belknap Tribal Government, asks us to challenge the definition and practice of American justice within our tribal criminal justice systems. She weaves poetry and storytelling into a powerful talk on healing intergenerational trauma, strengthening tribal sovereignty, and the transformation of education within Indian Country. TaNeel Filesteel is a citizen of the Aaniih and Nakoda Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and Apsaalooke of the Crow Nation in Montana.