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Survived and Punished

Survived and Punished

Survived and Punished is among a network of groups organizing defense campaigns to free criminalized survivors of violence like Paris Knox, Bresha Meadows, Marissa Alexander, Cherelle Baldwin, and Alisha Walker, and support them upon their release. These campaigns lift up people’s right to defend their lives and survive without being punished. To learn more visit #SurvivedAndPunished: Survivor Defense and Abolitionist Praxis.

Past as Prologue: Storytelling about Resistance to Incarceration

Conversation featuring Kathy Boudin, Monica Cosby, Laura McTighe, and Toussaint Losier, moderated by Mariame Kaba.

Participatory Defense Campaigns as a Strategy for Freedom

Video from Defending Survivors: Liberating Futures panel featuring organizers, including criminalized survivors and their loved ones, exploring survivor defense campaigns as a strategy for freedom and decriminalization.

Organizing for Freedom Across Prison Walls

Video from a Defending Survivors: Liberating Futures workshop identifying strategies to build relationships and strengthen coalitions for freedom and safety across prison walls.

Valerie Seeley: Interview by Victoria Law

Seeley discusses being criminalized for self defense, being granted clemency after 17 years in prison, and why she's fighting for the freedom of women and girls still inside.

Bresha Meadows: Survived and Punished

Bresha Meadows is a young Black girl incarcerated for defending her life against domestic violence. She is one of tens of thousands of girls and young women locked up behind bars across the United States

Paris Knox: Survived and Punished

Paris Knox is a 38-year-old Black mother sentenced to 40 years in prison for defending her life against an abusive ex-partner.
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