Beyond Bars
The Cranky Queer: HIV activist and wellness writer
SWOP Behind Bars cofounder Alex Andrews recently stumbled upon JD Davids' blog/book-in-progress The Cranky Queer. Davids’ “perspectives are shaped by decades bridging health education, medical & research advocacy (including alongside or up against NIH and CDC...
Letter to Southern Christian Leadership Conference Re: Adult Arcades in Jacksonville, FL and Human Rights
From: Adam Stuart [mailto:stuartadam@bellsouth.net] Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2019 7:01 PM To: info@nationalsclc.org Cc: stuartadam@bellsouth.net Subject: adult arcades in Jacksonville and human rights To: Dr. Charles Steele, President, Southern Christian...
Helen has Stage 4 Breast Cancer
Our incarcerated sex worker community has a member that just was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer. She will receive cancer treatment while in prison at Lowell Womens Correctional Institution where we already know that health care is horrible, inconsistent and...
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SWOP Behind Bars Advocacy Toolkit: Florida SB 540/HB 851
Last updated: March 31, 2019. SWOP Behind Bars is calling for heavy revisions to Florida Senate Bill 540 (SB 540) and the House companion bill 851 (HB 851). SWOP Behind Bars will only support these bills if the "Soliciting for Prostitution Registry/Public Database" is...
SWOP Behind Bars Advocacy Toolkit: Florida HB 703/SB 926
SWOP Behind Bars supports Florida House Bill 703 (HB 703) and its counterpart Senate Bill 926 (SB 926) which would greatly expand health education in public schools and repeal the abstinence-only mandate. We also advocate for amending these bills to include human...
SWOP Behind Bars Advocacy Toolkit: Florida HB 259/SB 982
SWOP Behind Bars opposes Florida House Bill 259 (HB 259) and its counterpart Senate Bill 982 (SB 982) because it ties human trafficking education to abstinence-only education. The House version is sponsored by Representatives Williams (District 92) and Plasencia...
Prison Library
Hepatitis Criminalization in the United States
“Punishment is Not a Public Health Strategy: The Criminalization of Viral Hepatitis in the United States” explains how state laws criminalizing viral hepatitis harm public health
#JusticeUpdate PA: Hearts on a Wire
#JusticeUpdate At the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, we believe “AIDS is hard enough, justice shouldn’t be.” Every day we work to secure justice for our clients.
Justice Uncensored: Hearts on a Wire Newsletter now available in Pennsylvania prisons
“COMPASSIONATE RELEASE” Explained By AIDS Law Project PA
Compassionate release for inmates | AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania