PRISONS DO NOT SUPPORT SURVIVORS.
THEY PUNISH SURVIVORS.
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The criminal punishment system -- ICE, prisons, jails, juvenile detention, policing, prosecutors, etc. -- is fueled by the criminal punishment of survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
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1. Women's rate of incarceration has skyrocketed and almost EVERY PERSON incarcerated in women's prisons, and many more in men's prisons, are survivors of sexual and/or domestic violence.
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2. These systems enable domestic violence by punishing survivors for taking actions to survive, navigate, and resist the violence in their lives.
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3. Prisons and detention centers are centralized locations of sexual violence.
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4. Rape and domestic violence are part of the culture of policing.
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5. Finally, some argue that, even though police, prosecutors, and prisons are violent, they are necessary to protect survivors of violence. But these systems are not keeping survivors safe.
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Quote by Mariame Kaba. Art by Sarah Ross.
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