This post is a shortened version of a paper written together with Steven Murnane and other members of the Women and Incarceration Project at Suffolk […]
A new women’s prison would be a mistake
This article by Erin Braatz and Susan Sered appeared in CommonWealth Journal, Jan. 16, 2021. It is the first in a series of projects by […]
Debunking the Myth of Gender-Responsive Treatment in Prison
This series of posts explores whether involuntary confinement and incarceration constitute appropriate responses to the challenges faced by women involved with the criminal justice system. […]
Substance Abuse and Social Capital
While the Donald Trump / Jeff Sessions administration is working to re-invigorate the war on drug users, a number of new studies look at relationships between social […]
Videotaping Strip-Searches: Good Intentions and the Road to Hell
Within the next months, Massachusetts’ legislators are expected to consider an amendment mandating that “Strip searches of inmates, including the videotaping thereof, shall not be […]
The Women of Can’t Catch a Break: Late Summer 2015 Update
Click here and here for previous updates. Click here for the 2016 New Years update. For women who struggle with homelessness, summer can be a […]
The Women of Can’t Catch a Break – Christmas 2014 Updates
This is the second “Reader’s Guide to Updates” on the women of Can’t Catch a Break. (Click here for the previous update.) Not all of […]
Pink Ribbon Extravaganza
A newer version of this post (with more great photos) can be read here. And click here to get to the Bitch podcast “Popaganda Episode: […]
Aswirl in a sad spiral, women in detox face human rights violation
Reprinted from the Boston Globe, August 19, 2014 The Aug. 14 editorial “Women get unequal treatment in court-ordered detox” underscored an egregious violation of human […]
Can’t Catch a Break
Our new book Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs and the Limits of Personal Responsibility is now available through University of California Press, Amazon […]