Incarceration Content Topic Results
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January 2015
Reproductive Injustice: The State of Reproductive Health Care for Women in New York State Prisons
Publisher(s):This report details top findings on reproductive healthcare in the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, including the fact that reproductive healthcare for women in New York State prisons is woefully substandard, with women routinely facing poor-quality care and assaults on their basic human dignity and reproductive rights.
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January 2015
Why Opposing Hyper-Incarceration Should be Central to the Work of the Anti-Domestic Violence Movement
Publisher(s):This law review advances the argument that activists working to combat domestic violence should advocate against the current system of mass incarceration.
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January 2014
Transgender People, Intimate Partner Violence, and the Legal System
Publisher(s): Leigh Goodmark’s article, "Transgender People, Intimate Partner Abuse, and the Legal System," is the first law review article to concentrate specifically on intimate partner abuse and the transgender community. In this webinar, Leigh Goodmark presents this research, and Terra Slavin and michael munson comment on critical analysis in the article and reflect its utility for practitioners and victims.
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October 2013
Criminal Records and Employment Rights: A Tool for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This publication is designed to help survivors with a criminal record to better understand their employment rights, and offer tips and resources as survivors prepare for the job application and interview process, attend job interviews, and hear back from the prospective employer.
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August 2013
Recommendations for Administrators of Prisons, Jails, and Community Confinement Facilities for Adapting the U.S. Department of Justice’s "A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations, Adults/Adolescents"
Publisher(s):This guide is designed to assist administrators of prisons, jails, and community confinement facilities in drafting or revising protocols for an immediate response to reports of sexual assault.
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February 2013
Testing the Effects of New York’s Domestic Violence Courts: A Statewide Impact Evaluation
Publisher(s): This report describes a study of 24 domestic violence courts in the state of New York.
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January 2013
VAWA 2013 and TVPRA: What Practitioners Need to Know
Publisher(s):The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013), combined with the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), was signed into law on March 7, 2013. This practice advisory provides an overview of substantive changes and technical fixes both in VAWA and TVPRA as well as practice pointers for attorneys and advocates on how to work with these new changes.
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January 2013
Proceed! LGBTQ Domestic Violence Legal Toolkit for Advocates
Publisher(s): This toolkit highlights the obstacles survivors face in the criminal and civil legal systems and provides tools for advocates to support survivors in their journey.
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December 2012
Secretary Napolitano Announces Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities
Publisher(s):This press release announces new standards to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and assault in confinement facilities in accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA).
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October 2012
Opposing the Arrest of Petitioners for Violations of Their Own Protection Orders
Publisher(s): This Resolution was adopted at the 119th Annual Conference in San Diego, CA on October 3, 2012. The International Association of Chiefs of Police resolved that policies supporting the arrest of and criminal consequences for victims for violations of their own protection orders are harmful and counterintuitive and should be avoided as they undermine the purpose of the system that was created to protect victims and hold perpetrators of crime accountable.
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June 2012
GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study
This report describes a study of the use of GPS monitoring technology to enforce no contact orders in domestic abuse cases. The report outlines some of the benefits and burdens of GPS monitoring, as well as policy implications and the importance of maintaining relationships with survivors.
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January 2012
From Private Violence to Mass Incarceration: Thinking Intersectionally About Women, Race, and Social Control
Publisher(s): This article examines links between gender violence and mass incarceration and addresses political failures within the antiracism and antiviolence movements that may contribute to the legitimacy of the contemporary punishment culture.