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    Out of the Hell-Hole, into the Calming Storm – Letter from a former PAC Member

    [hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/coming-home-its-almost-surreal-letter-from-a-former-pac-member/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/letters-from-inside-a-blatant-malfeasance/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] [divider] “Out of the Hell-Hole into the Calming Storm,” by Grace DeTrevarah. Hey Family: It’s me again. Grace…I would like to first say that’s it’s so refreshing to be Out of…

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    Coming Home… It’s Almost Surreal! – Letter from a former PAC Member

    [hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/lauracampbell-1/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/out-of-the-hell-hole-into-the-calming-storm-letter-from-a-former-pac-member/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] [box]Warning: The following letter conveys a personal account of verbal abuse and physical abuse, and has not been edited in any way. Proceed with caution if you may be triggered by…

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    Voices against bullying: Laverne Cox and PAC member Laura Nicole Campbell

    [hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/pac-members-show-support-for-chelsea-manning/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/coming-home-its-almost-surreal-letter-from-a-former-pac-member/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] In an unprecedented victory for LGBT representation in mainstream media, Netflix’s popular and highly-acclaimed digital TV series Orange is the New Black features Sophia, a character who is an incarcerated trans…

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    PAC Members show support for Chelsea Manning

    [hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/win-for-transgender/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/lauracampbell-1/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] For background, in 2010 the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks published classified U.S. Army intelligence files determined to have been supplied by former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Following her arrest, Manning…

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    Reflections on new GID policy, from PAC

    [hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/new-gid-policy-for-nys-prisons-yet-healthcare-still-inaccessible/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/pac-members-show-support-for-chelsea-manning/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] [divider] “A Win For Transgender Prisoners,” by R. Cepeda. There has been a recent victory for transgender prisoners in the New York State Prison system regarding hormone treatment for those with…

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    New GID Policy for NYS Prisons, Yet Healthcare Still Inaccessible

    [hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/introducing-the-prisoner-advisory-committee-blog/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/win-for-transgender/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] At the end of last month, The Private Manning Support Network posted a letter that details Ms. Chelsea Manning’s intentions to fight for hormone replacement therapy (HRT), gender-consistent “real life experience”…

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    Introducing the Prisoner Advisory Committee Blog!

    [hr] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/new-gid-policy-for-nys-prisons-yet-healthcare-still-inaccessible/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] The Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s collective model prioritizes the voices of the people most affected by the systems of violence and oppression we fight daily. This model of community involvement led to the creation of our Prisoner…