#SurvivedAndPunishedVarmennettu tili

While incarcerated at CIW, Brittany Richardson saw extreme race and class bias. Was given opportunities not offered to others.

Sara Wilshinsky describes how people aren’t given resources to fairly defend themselves. Laws are complicated, not sure how to avoid more risk, public defense often too overworked to be available.

Norma Cumpian was prosecutes bc she defended herself from an abusive husband. Prosecutor told jury to not give her manslaughter bc that’s for a MAN who was in a bar fight. #survivedandpunished

Her child was 5 months old when she was forcibly separated from him through incarceration. #reproductivejustice #survivedabdpunished

April Grayson from @YoungWomenFree was criminalized at a young age bc of constant punishment of Black children. She was forced into sex work and prosecuted under Anti-terrorism Act.

Sentenced to 20 years in prison for a crime that men get 3 years for, and she was the victim. -April Grayson

That’s why I fight the way I fight. Because if I don’t say it, nobody will. -April Grayson, @YoungWomenFree