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.

Articles

Public Eye

Excerpt: "Prisons Make us Safer"

An excerpt from Prisons Make us Safer by Victoria Law, published by Beacon Press.

Victoria Law

June 10, 2021

Racism & Anti-Immigrant
Law Enforcement

Article

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.

Victoria Law

February 2, 2016

Misogyny & Male Supremacism
Law Enforcement
Racism & Anti-Immigrant
Anti-Black Racism
criminalization

Article