Reducing Women’s Incarceration in Colombia
The incarceration of women is a worldwide phenomenon, and women around the world are being put behind bars at a much faster rate than men.
Op-Ed: The Forgotten Children / Incarceration and the Family
Op-Ed: The Forgotten Children
A Closer Look At The Overcriminalization Of School-Aged Black Girls and four ways you can intervene and advocate on their behalf
The headlines seem to appear every other week: “10-Year-Old Girl Arrested Over Drawing”; “13-Year-Old Black Girl Jailed Over Classmate’s False Accusation”; “6-Year-Old Detained By Police After Throwing Temper Tantrum”; “Police Strip Search 15-Year-Old Girl At School.” The fact that these were all Black girls is almost as alarming as the fact that all of these incidents happened at a school. If you didn’t know any better, you might assume our daughters are being targeted.