It started with a question. “What college degree do you have?” Tasha had just been released and was sitting in the intake office of a...

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.

Education is often sold as the golden ticket—the “way out,” the “great equalizer,” the shiny ladder out of poverty. But for women who’ve...

Community-led services and support for incarcerated women being released from prison are grounded in one radical belief: that those closest to the problem are closest to the solution. Rather than imposing top-down programs that often miss the mark, grassroots organizations across the country—many founded and led by formerly incarcerated women—offer holistic, peer-based support that centers dignity, autonomy, and lived experience.

Here’s how each love language shows up in our advocacy work, reimagined through the lens of solidarity, survival, and sex worker-centered support.

When we talk about mass incarceration in the United States, the conversation often centers around numbers—how many people are locked up,...

Survivors bring with them a unique set of survival skills honed through their lived experiences of exploitation and violence.

For survivors of exploitation, and particularly with multiple intersecting issues like domestic violence,

The Role of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support for Women Transitioning from Prison

Gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are pervasive issues that disproportionately affect women

Trauma-informed care (TIC) is an approach to healthcare, social services, and corrections that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma an

Women’s Healthcare Challenges in Prisons and Jails

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

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

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

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

Experiential Trauma Indicators for Frontline Advocacy and Outreach Workers One of our SWOP Behind Bars front line advocate experienced...

Part 3 Blockade, Barriers and Obstacles for Housing First Initiatives A panicked person called the Community Support Line from Seattle...

Society demonstrates the ways in which public identity and the politics of disgust are internalized and externalized through criminal...

With the expansion of DEI efforts and commitments from both for profit and non-profit organizations and corporations, we have seen a...