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7 lip 2021 · Black and brown women, who are more likely to be held in pretrial detention, especially face a prolonged domino effect that reverberates far outside the jail walls.
16 paź 2019 · Sara Bennett, a criminal-defense lawyer turned photographer, is shedding light on the humanity of women serving life sentences in prison.
12 wrz 2019 · Sara Bennett is a former criminal defense lawyer who began practicing photography as a way to bring a human face to women serving life sentences in prison. While practicing law for 20 years, Bennett saw hundreds of women seemingly fully rehabilitated after serving a lengthy time behind bars.
20 lis 2017 · With black women being routinely erased in conversations about the criminal justice system, their stories as law enforcers and prisoners often go unheard. This investigation aims to rectify this issue.
13 lut 2022 · Most of the women in jail are Black, single mothers or only awaiting trial in jail because they can’t afford the bail amount. But bail funds across the U.S. are posting bonds on their behalf.
17 maj 2021 · Women are more likely to enter incarceration with a history of abuse, trauma, and mental health conditions—86 percent of women in jail have experienced sexual violence and 77 percent have experienced intimate partner violence—but jails and prisons do little to address their needs.
1 kwi 2016 · Black women are more likely to go to prison than women of any other racial or ethnic group. In fact, 1 in 16 African-American women — in contrast to 1 in 111 white women and 1 in 45...
