Prison By Any Other Name: Vikki Law on Toxic Reforms

This week we speak with author and activist, Vikki Law about the book Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms, just out from The New Press and co-authored by Maya Schenwar. The topics include prison and police abolition, restorative justice and alternatives, incarceration and community defense.

Victoria Law on the Struggles of Incarcerated Women

This week’s show features a conversation with Victoria Law. From her PM Press Author’s page: “Victoria Law is a writer, photographer, and mother. After a brief stint as a teenage armed robber, she became involved in prisoner support. In 1996, she helped start Books Through Bars-New York City, a group that sends free books to … Continue reading Victoria Law on the Struggles of Incarcerated Women

Radical Parenting and Sustaining a Multi-Generational Movement

China Martens has published Future Generation, a zine about radical parenting since 1990 (published as a book by Atomic Books in 2007). Vikki Law has worked to get the voices of women in and out of prison around by producing Tenacious: Art and Writing by Women in Prison and the recently republished Resistance Behind Bars: … Continue reading Radical Parenting and Sustaining a Multi-Generational Movement