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The Bipartisan Push to Rethink Long Sentences for Abuse Survivors

A Georgia bill offers a model for other states looking to protect people who are accused or convicted of crimes stemming from their abuse.

Closing Argument • 04.12.2025

The Domestic Abuse Survivor to Prison Pipeline

Researchers surveyed people who kill their abusers. They found several complicated reasons why survivors end up in prison because of abuse.

Closing Argument • 09.14.2024

I Never Thought I Could Fall In Love With a Woman. Then Came Prison.

We call straight women who couple up with fellow prisoners “gay for the stay.” That slang masks the complexity — and often beauty — of these bonds.

Life Inside • 02.16.2024

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