“I didn’t know I needed community until it was offered to me.” – James, member of SRLP’s Prisoner Advisory Committee Trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGNCI) folks experience significantly increased interaction with police, police violence, and incarceration. This heightened state of policing and discrimination is even more acute for folks who are of color or […]
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Celebrating the Prisoner Justice Project’s Accomplishments in 2017
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on December 4, 2017 in It’s War in Here, Legal, Newsletter, Prisoner Rights Project, SRLP News, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
As with all of Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s (SRLP) legal work, the Prisoner Justice Project (PJP) seeks to address the immediate needs of our incarcerated community members and connect them with opportunities to engage more fully in our work. Most people initiate contact with PJP in a state of crisis, often reporting physical and sexual […]