#IncarceratedWomen
January 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This International Women’s Day let’s remember that women’s rights are human rights. No society is free unless all have freedom, safety and security. Women are the future, as they are the present and the past. #IWD
“The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls."
-Michelle Obama
March 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM
It’s out!📣 The latest issue of E&HR, focusing on moral distress in clinical research and research with incarcerated/homeless women. READ 📗 , bit.ly/40qHfLu

#Bioethics #ClinicalResearch #CommunityEngagedResearch #MoralDistress #IncarceratedWomen #Homelesswomen
January 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What is especially important is understanding that menstrual access inside is not merely a ‘women’s issue’ or a supply issue. It is a power issue… Menstrual deprivation becomes part of a larger architecture of dehumanization.”
#MenstrualEquity #HumanRights
#FreeTamponsAndPads
#IncarceratedWomen
In 2016, New York City Council passed an ordinance making tampons and pads free to those incarcerated in city jails, the first law of its kind in the country. But in 2021, the city’s Department of Correction quietly stopped distributing free tampons.
Bleeding Behind Bars Is Extra Grim When Prisons Fail to Offer Menstrual Products
Twenty-two states have laws requiring prisons to provide free menstrual products, but not all of them do.
truthout.org
June 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
“In #Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences—& those who speak up are often punished. ... [Idaho] locks up women at the nation’s highest rate.”

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#MassIncarceration #IncarceratedWomen
Most Idaho prison workers accused of sexually assaulting inmates go unpunished, investigation finds
In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up are often punished.
apnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Taking three years to complete—from inception to launch—the Being Beloved podcast opens [its] audience to an often ignored population: formerly incarcerated women.”

Learn more: jlusa.org/2025/10/10...

#BeingBeloved #Podcast #IncarceratedWomen
October 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Too often, the #mentalhealth needs of women impacted by incarceration are overlooked or inadequately addressed.” —Lana Mendis (Leading with Conviction™ 2022 / Leadership Admin Coordinator for JLUSA)

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#MentalHealthAwareness #IncarceratedWomen #JLUSAstrong
May 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How many women in the U.S. face reentry barriers annually?

○ 1 million
○ 1.5 million
○ 2 million
○ 2.5 million

Take the quiz: jlusa.org/quiz

#Quiz #WeeklyQuiz #IncarceratedWomen #Reentry #Housing #EconomicMobility
JLUSA Weekly Quiz
Test your knowledge of justice news and views!
jlusa.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Despite the fact that these people were murderers, in daily life, they appeared to be just like any other ordinary individual."— Fang Fang buff.ly/c7EdDbV #WomensHistoryMonth #HerStory#ChineseLiterature #ContemporaryChineseAuthors #ChineseNovelsInTranslation #IncarceratedWomen #WomenInPrison
March 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The DOJ’s findings underscore what incarcerated women, advocates, and the California Legislative Women’s Caucus have been saying for years—the time for action is now. #incarceratedwomen
August 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
“Female prisoners have the constitutional right to be free from sexual assault and harassment by prison staff” #incarceratedwomen
ktla.com/news/califor...
DOJ finds California prisons failed to protect women from staff sexual abuse
The U.S. Department of Justice says California prison officials failed to protect women from sexual abuse and harassment by staff, finding systemic problems at two of the state’s women’…
ktla.com
August 14, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I’m currently teaching a university level poetry course in a woman’s prison. It’s predominantly contemporary poetry and inclusive of many diasporas and voices in the US. The women also write a lot of poetry. #poetry #prisoned #incarceratedwomen
November 17, 2024 at 1:20 AM
“When we are sentenced, our children are sentenced too. They walk into classrooms with a cloud over them. They hear whispers. They Google our names. And the narrative gets written without us.”

Read more: www.cvilletomorrow.org/she-spent-18...

#Virginia #IncarceratedWomen #ChangingTheNarrative
She spent 18 years in central Virginia prisons — and wants the world to know that incarcerated mothers matter
Candace Williams tells her story of being a woman in prison and the challenges of getting out.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
April 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“Based on the #ColleenHoover novel of the same name, #RemindersofHim is a tender love story that … delivers a humanizing portrait of those who have been victims of the criminal legal system.”

Read more: jlusa.org/2026/03/27/r...

#Reentry #FormerlyIncarcerated #IncarceratedWomen
March 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Robyn Hasan-Simpson (Leading with Conviction™ 2022) says women coming out of prison need more reintegration support than is currently available.

Read more: https://jlusa.org/2026/02/23/robyn-hasan-simpson-on-the-survivor-justice-act-in-georgia-and-what-comes-next

#IncarceratedWomen #Reentry
February 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
What percentage of women who were or are currently incarcerated have been victims of domestic violence?

○ 15%
○ 35%
○ 55%
○ 75%

Take the quiz: jlusa.org/quiz

#Quiz #CriminalJusticeReform #IncarceratedWomen #WomenInPrison #DomesticViolence #SurvivorJusticeAct
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
How many women in the U.S. face reentry barriers annually?

○ 1 million
○ 1.5 million
○ 2 million
○ 2.5 million

Take the quiz: jlusa.org/quiz

#Quiz #WeeklyQuiz #IncarceratedWomen #Reentry #Housing #EconomicMobility
JLUSA Weekly Quiz
Test your knowledge of justice news and views!
jlusa.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
How many women and girls are locked up in pretrial detention—and presumed innocent—on any given day?

○ 6,000
○ 26,000
○ 46,000
○ 60,000

Take the quiz online now: jlusa.org/quiz

#Quiz #WeeklyQuiz #CashBail #BailReform #IncarceratedWomen #MothersDay #MothersDay2025
May 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM