Recently, the Board of Corrections (BOC) voted on whether or not they would begin the rule-making process for several proposed new rules. The meeting focused on the potentially increased restrictions on packages sent to incarcerated individuals and restrictions on full contact visits at New York City jails. The rule-making process would also incorporate higher maximum sentences for […]
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SRLP signs letter to the Board of Corrections to address suicidality in NYC jails
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on July 14, 2015 in Legal, News, Prisoner Rights Project, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
As we mourn the death of Kalief Browder and the many other New Yorkers who die through State-induced violence, SRLP joins activists from across the city in calling on the Board of Corrections to make wholly new and meaningful changes to how suicidality is cared for in the City jails. We request that outside experts […]
The fight for trans-inclusive healthcare continues!
On Friday June 26, the Christopher Street Pier was alive with trans* and gender non-conforming advocates, community members, survivors, and organizers rallying with the Audre Lorde Project’s TransJustice demanding an end to state violence in detention centers, prisons, and psychiatric hospitals at the hands of police and other state actors. We were demanding that the […]
SRLP legal intakes are now open!
Our walk-in legal intakes are now re-opened! Walk-in hours takes place on Thursdays between 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM. Spanish interpretation will be available.
Movement Building Honoring the Legacy of Sylvia Rivera
“Unity does not require that we be identical to each other.” – Audre Lorde In the past few months I’ve been invited to share and connect SRLPs powerful work for racial, economic, and gender justice with other organizers and advocates from across the country. From Chicago’s National Convening on Anti Trans Violence, Yales Policing Post […]
Introducing the Summer 2015 SRLP Intern Team!
Name, Position and Team at SRLP: Andy Escobar, Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps (RRASC) Intern, Movement Building Team Pronouns: He/Him/His What school do you go to/what school did you go to? The University of Texas at Austin What are you studying? I’m graduating in December with a B.A. in Latin American Studies, a B.A. in […]
Black trans love is revolutionary: SRLP’s Sasha Alexander and their wife Olympia Perez speaks on NBC News
Love is indeed a revolutionary act when you are black and transgender. In this powerful and healing clip on NBC News titled Living Color: Love is Revolutionary When You’re Black and Transgender, SRLP’s Sasha Alexander and their wife and SRLP movement organizer Olympia Perez speak about loving and finding strength in each other amidst a […]
SRLP’s recommendations to the Board of Corrections on PREA
One of SRLP’s mission is to fight the violence our communities experience, which requires resisting against the Prison Industrial Complex. Part of this process involves addressing and mitigating some of the most harmful effects of institutional violence experienced by those who are incarcerated. Recently our staff attorney and Director of Prisoner Justice Project, Mik Kinkead, […]
Thank you for raising money for SRLP on Give OUT Day!
We did it! Thank you so much for helping the Sylvia Rivera Law Project surpass its Give OUT Day fundraising goal this year! This year, not only have we raised more money than last year’s Give OUT Day, we also ranked second in total number of donors in New York City, which won us additional […]
SRLP’s Zahyr Lauren spoke about being a civil rights attorney
Zahyr Lauren, SRLP’s Director of Survival and Self-Determination Project, was recently interviewed in IndyKids about zir’s role as an attorney for SRLP and what inspired zir to work in civil rights. Read the full interview here