75% of women in prison are survivors of domestic violence. Too many of them are imprisoned as a direct result of the abuse they survived.
Like Tondalo Hall. She's a 30-year old mother from Oklahoma serving a prison sentence FIFTEEN times longer than her abuser--for "failing to protect" her children from him.
Most people don't even know this is happening--but we can change that. We can't stop the policies that criminalize rather than protect survivors of domestic violence until people know about it. You can help by sharing this infographic today. Share now:
75% of women in prison are survivors of domestic violence. Too many of them are imprisoned as a direct result of the abuse they survived.
Like Tondalo Hall. She's a 30-year old mother from Oklahoma serving a prison sentence FIFTEEN times longer than her abuser--for "failing to protect" her children from him.
Most people don't even know this is happening--but we can change that. We can't stop the policies that criminalize rather than protect survivors of domestic violence until people know about it. You can help by sharing this infographic today. Share now:
Sources:
1. Survivors of Abuse and Incarceration, Correctional Association of New York, accessed August 5, 2015
2. This Battered Woman Wants to Get Out of Prison, BuzzFeed News, November 11, 2014
3. States With Specific Failure-To-Protect Statutes, BuzzFeed News, October 7, 2014
4. Fact Sheet On Domestic Violence & The Criminalization of Survival, Free Marissa Now, accessed August 5, 2015
5. How Many Women are in Prison for Defending Themselves Against Domestic Violence?, Bitch Magazine, September 16, 2014
6. Fact Sheet On Domestic Violence & The Criminalization of Survival, Free Marissa Now, accessed August 5, 2015