The first ever Media Center was opened in the California Correctional Women’s Facility. Approximately 24 incarcerated persons, outside guests, and … [Read more...]
Protection or punishment: Trans people held in solitary at disproportionate rates
Transgender people serving time in prison are placed in isolation cells at exceedingly high rates, according to The Nation. After threats to her … [Read more...]
MUJERES ESTADOUNIDENSES PUEDEN SER VÍCTIMAS DELAS ARMAS DE FUEGO
Las Cifras Indican Que Sigue AumentandoLa Cantidad De Victimas Anualmente Entre los países industrializados, las mujeres en EE.UU. son más … [Read more...]
SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS INTERSECT LINES OF RACE AND SOCIAL CLASS
Research reveals that school suspensions disproportionately impact black female students at a higher rate than their white counter … [Read more...]
History: Incarcerated women, then and now
By Charlotte WestCollege Inside NewsletterReprinted by permission Two hundred years ago, women were usually housed in the same prisons as men. … [Read more...]
CORRECTION – March 2023 Article
In March, we ran an article titled SQNews talks to AIDA cofounder Vanessa Silva-Collins. The article said that AIDA (Awareness Into Domestic Abuse) … [Read more...]
Mujeres encarceladas injustamente
En los últimos treinta años doscientos-cuarenta y una mujeres fueron exonerados, por delitos no cometidos. En los EE. UU., se ha comprobado … [Read more...]
Female prisoners heal through art
Mural project allows womento process abuse, trauma Incarcerated women in a South Carolina prison are learning to heal by using art to process past … [Read more...]
La comunidad LGBTQ+ habla Hispana compartio con SQNews la lucha, perseverancias decer transgénero
La comunidad LBGTQ+ de habla hispana compartió los retos que han enfrentado a consecuencia de su identificación, y el impacto que les ha causado en … [Read more...]
Incarcerated women join California’s firefight: Female prisoners log millions of hours in the battle against the state’s intensifying wildfires
Year-round, incarcerated women in California prisons are putting their lives on the line fighting fires up and down the state to limit major … [Read more...]