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Victoria Law

Victoria Law is a freelance writer focusing on the intersections of incarceration, gender and resistance. She is also the author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women.

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Public Eye

Excerpt: "Prisons Make us Safer"

An excerpt from Prisons Make us Safer by Victoria Law, published by Beacon Press.
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A person at a protest holding a board that says "Abolish Prisons"
Public Eye

35 Years of Demonization

The Criminalization of Black Women
Between 1990 and 2000, the number of people in U.S. prisons and jails increased from 292 per 100,000 to 481 per 100,000. But the number of women in prison rose even more sharply, doubling over the ten-year period.
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Black woman in field facing away from camera with arms in the air crossed at the wrist.