SRLP joins with 36 organizations and members of NYC’s appointed TGNCNBI Task Force calling on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Manhattan DA Cy Vance, Bronx DA Darrel Clark, Queens DA Melinda Katz and Staten Island DA…
SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
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SRLP releases our 2020 Prisoner Advisory Committee calendar
Dear Beloved Community, As we approach the end of a decade, we at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project are reflecting on our“What Would be Possible” campaign, as we envision our collective work for trans liberation centered in racial and economic justice and continue our work to uplift and bring visibility to the voices of…
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SRLP Testimonies on NYS and NYC healthcare: TGNC People in Prisons and Jails Should Not Be Left out of the Healthcare Conversation
Since the memo from federal Health and Human Services was leaked last month to the New York Times the issues affecting healthcare for transgender and gender non-conforming people (TGNC people) have been constantly featured in media outlets. What has consistently not been covered, however, are the many ways in which healthcare fails…
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In Solidarity Fall 2018
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Voices from the THU: Brooke’s Essay on the Brooklyn Detention Center
SRLP is honored to share the following essay written by Brooke during our recent class at the Transgender Housing Unit of the NYC jails. This is a unit within the Rose M. Singer Women’s Jail which specifically houses transgender women. As it was SRLP’s first class since the THU moved…
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Legal - News - Prisoner Rights Project - Publications and Resources - SRLP Prisoner Advisory CommitteeSRLP PAC Member Isabella Adler Shares Her Tips For Surviving In Prison as a Trans Woman
For the past two years, Prisoner Advisory Committee member Isabella Adler has been sharing her tips on surviving in prison as a trans woman with SRLP. With the help of Maya Martin-Udry and Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot SRLP was able to combine her tips into a brochure that can be shared anywhere.…
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Visiting Attica: SRLP attempts to break barriers for our incarcerated loved ones
I visited Attica Correctional Facility on July 12, a hot day even for Western New York. Despite how many times I have seen images of Attica Correctional Facility, the first time approaching it was startling. The facade is a huge wall that wraps around the entire complex almost like a…
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A Life on the Inside
The following blog post is from Ms. Rona Sugar Love, an SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee member for over five years. SRLP has lightly edited the post, with Ms. Love’s consent. Ms. Love is also a member of our Advisory Committee for our re-launch of It’s War in Here and she…
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Continuing the Fight for Trans Liberation
As our country celebrates the Fourth of July, a holiday that symbolizes freedom, we continue to see the ways in which our community is not free, especially members who are incarcerated throughout the country. Our members are confined, surveilled, and isolated on a constant basis, some even being forced into…
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Participatory Research Nights
The last week of May was busy! Not only did all three new summer legal interns start at SRLP, we also concluded our Participatory Research Nights as part of our republication of It’s War in Here. For background, in 2007, SRLP published It’s War in Here (IWIH), a report on…