State & Private Violence
3 State & Private Violence articles categorized as: Activism
A Case of Battered Justice: Theresa Cruz fighting Domestic Violence and State Violence
by
Diana Block
This article is a story about Theresa Cruz, a woman who was sentenced to seven years to life after allegedly planning the murder of a man who had abused and stalked her for five years. Cruz’s case is reviewed and for a short period of time she is released, only to be placed back into prison two weeks later. Cruz’s experience is an example of what many battered women have had to face in challenging the law.
Life In Hell: In California Prisons, An Unconventional Gender Identity Can Be Like An Added Sentence
by
Tali Woodward
This article by Tali Woodward discusses the sexual assault of trans women and gender-variant people housed in men’s prisons, as well as the efforts of trans women housed in the California Medical Facility in organizing against sexual violence.
Surviving Solitary
by
Laura Whitehorn
Laura Whitehorn wrote this letter in March 1997 as a part of a packet for the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons, discussing the tactics she used to survive in a control unit.
Activism, Court Advocacy, Domestic Violence