Announcing New Series “Imprisoned: Women Behind Bars”

Written by Julia Hing, a WoLF Member and Volunteer

In this new blog series, Imprisoned: Women Behind Bars, we explore the multitude of challenges confronting incarcerated women in the United States — including the socioeconomic factors driving arrest and detainment, the disparity in sentencing, the devastating effects of family separation, lack of healthcare, sexual abuse behind bars, recidivism, reintegration into civilian life, and more.

Julia Hing, WoLF member and volunteer, is a writer specializing in women’s issues and the criminal justice system. She has an MSc in Criminal Justice and lives in New York. WoLF is grateful to Julia for her efforts to expose the systemic abuse of incarcerated women.

“I was sentenced and put in prison for choices I made — not to be raped and abused.”

— Briane Moore, former inmate and sexual abuse survivor

To learn more about WoLF’s litigation efforts to protect incarcerated women, read about WoLF’s Chandler v. CDCR lawsuit, hear from one of WoLF’s plaintiffs, and learn how male inmates are traumatizing female prisoners.

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