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All in a Day's Sex Work Podcast
Stories from the Front Lines of Advocacy


Classroom Contraband — What They Don’t Teach You in Prison
For years, prisons were called “crime schools” because people learned more about how to survive in the underground economy than how to build a stable life.

Swop Behind Bars
Jun 204 min read


Degrees of Survival — When Learning Is a Lifeline for Trafficking Survivors
When people imagine what “freedom” looks like for trafficking survivors, they often picture a dramatic rescue or a courtroom triumph—handcuffs off, a predator jailed, a survivor walking into the sunlight.

Swop Behind Bars
Jun 135 min read


Correspondence Course Hustle — Higher Education from a Cell
Education is more than a classroom, a test, or a diploma. For criminalized women, survivors, and sex workers, it’s a form of resistance. It’s a survival strategy. It’s a way to reclaim power in systems designed to keep us voiceless.

Swop Behind Bars
Jun 65 min read


“I Don’t Want You to Worry About Me”: A Letter No Mother Should Ever Have to Write
No mother should have to write a letter to her child from prison.

Swop Behind Bars
May 273 min read


Love in the Time of Liberation - How We Use Love Languages to Support Our People
Here’s how each love language shows up in our advocacy work, reimagined through the lens of solidarity, survival, and sex worker-centered support.

Swop Behind Bars
May 144 min read


Forgotten Behind Bars — Centering Equity in Women’s Health in Prisons and Jails
When we talk about mass incarceration in the United States, the conversation often centers around numbers—how many people are locked up,...

Swop Behind Bars
Apr 184 min read


Unlocking Second Chances:
The Role of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support for Women Transitioning from Prison

Swop Behind Bars
Dec 10, 20247 min read


Mass Incarceration: The Invisible Chains in Women's Prisons
Mass incarceration is not merely a statistical issue; it is a profound human rights crisis, disproportionately impacting women

Swop Behind Bars
Dec 10, 20243 min read


GBV and IPV, and Their Impact on Healthcare in Women’s Prisons and Jails
Gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are pervasive issues that disproportionately affect women

Swop Behind Bars
Dec 1, 20243 min read


An Overlooked Healthcare Crisis
Women’s Healthcare Challenges in Prisons and Jails

Swop Behind Bars
Nov 24, 20247 min read


The Future of End Demand Initiatives
Arrest and Incarceration using End Demand Initiative has long term intergenerational impacts that harm families.

Swop Behind Bars
Nov 18, 20247 min read


Bonded and Betrayed
Moncrief’s actions represent a troubling trend of exploitation within the bail bond industry. This case is a call for reform.

Swop Behind Bars
Oct 31, 20245 min read


Victimized and Condemned
Many trafficking victims in the United States are prosecuted alongside their traffickers and placed on sex offender registries.

Swop Behind Bars
Oct 27, 20246 min read


Justice Denied - Diversion Programs
Diversion programs are alternative justice programs designed to redirect individuals, particularly first-time or low-level offenders, away f

Swop Behind Bars
Aug 22, 202410 min read


Navigating Probation and Parole
Probation and parole are both alternatives to incarceration, but they serve different purposes and occur at different stages in the criminal

Swop Behind Bars
Aug 18, 20248 min read


Progressive Incrementalism
For those of you struggling with the implications of participating in a system this morally complicated, this concept is for you:

Swop Behind Bars
Aug 6, 20245 min read


Trans Day of Remembrance
Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is a day dedicated to memorializing the lives of trans individuals who have lost their lives to...

Swop Behind Bars
Nov 20, 20239 min read


Trans Day of Remembrance - TDoR
Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is a day dedicated to memorializing the lives of trans individuals who have lost their lives to...
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Nov 14, 20233 min read


The Clinic to Prison Pipeline
Society demonstrates the ways in which public identity and the politics of disgust are internalized and externalized through criminal...

Swop Behind Bars
May 12, 202316 min read


Guide to Hiring Sex Workers and Survivors
Strategies on hiring that will benefit your company! Traditional employment - or as we say in sex work language - “vanilla” or “straight”...

Swop Behind Bars
Mar 2, 20236 min read
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