- 1. All-Female Law Firm The Decarceration Collective, Is Fighting To Free The Unjustly Imprisoned of Chicago
- (Feminism)
- In the U.S., under the “three-strikes law,” anyone previously convicted of two or more serious felonies faces 25 years to life in federal prison. It’s a discriminatory policy that disproportionately ...
- Created on 21 February 2022
- 2. Lil Nas X twerks to end cash bail in hot-as-hell video for "Industry Baby
- (Music)
- ... to 5 years in Montero State Prison (an allusion to his Satan shoe legal troubles with Nike), where his life as an inmate includes hot pink uniforms, impeccable naked shower choreography, a Shawshank Redemption-style ...
- Created on 23 July 2021
- 3. The High Court In India Just Ruled In Favor Of A Lesbian Couple, Issuing A Major Call For Advancing LGBTQ+ Rights In The Country
- (Feminism)
- ... bathrooms for transgender or non-conforming people. He also stated that they should be housed separately in prison to prevent sexual harassment. "Ignorance is no justification for normalizing any form ...
- Created on 09 June 2021
- 4. Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women's Rights Group
- (Feminism)
- ... County Jail to a residential treatment center after pleading not guilty, per NBC. According to Fresno Bee, Perez is still serving time in a women's state prison, and her fate remains uncertain. Top photo ...
- Created on 05 April 2021
- 5. The Parole Preparation Project helps incarcerated people envision a better tomorrow
- (Living)
- ... who could be anyone—social workers, law students, activists—to partner with people in prison before their parole board interviews. Some people have been incarcerated for decades and are being asked to ...
- Created on 13 January 2021
- 6. Could The War On Drugs Finally Be Coming To An End?
- (Living)
- ... truly right the injustices of over-policing and imprisonment of Black and brown people as a result of the war on drugs. Top Image via Unsplash/@lgnwvr More from BUST: 5 Ways To Take Care Of Yourself ...
- Created on 04 November 2020
- 7. Canadian Judge Challenges Justice System in Case of Indigenous Women Charged with Drunk Driving
- (Feminism)
- ... instead, would be a 90 day imprisonment without the privilege of an intermittent sentence. Subjecting the six women to the same federal penalties, despite these barriers, is a complete disregard of the ...
- Created on 06 October 2020
- 8. Virginia Bill Will Finally Ban Sex Between Detainees and Police Despite Claims of Consent
- (Feminism)
- ... that has happened and that is ultimately the purpose of this law,” Delaney said. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003 was the first federal law to try and prevent sexual assault of inmates. ...
- Created on 05 October 2020
- 9. UK Government Has Halted Progression For Trans Rights on Gender Recognition Act Reform
- (Feminism)
- ... California To Allow Trans Inmates To Serve Time In Prisons Based On Gender Identity A Black Trans Woman Was Attacked, And Cis Women Need To Open Their Purses Trans Woman Whose Beating Went Viral ...
- Created on 30 September 2020
- 10. There Is No Such Thing as Justice for Breonna Taylor
- (Feminism)
- ... was indicted on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and could serve a minimum of three years in prison. His bond was set at $15,000. No officers were charged for her death. Zero officers ...
- Created on 24 September 2020
- 11. Stacey Abrams Warns Why Your Future Depends on the Census: BUST Interview
- (Feminism)
- ... decide where a road or a bridge is going to go. They’re not going to poll you and ask you, “Who do you like? Do you think people should go to prison for x amount of years for this and only y amount of ...
- Created on 01 September 2020
- 12. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... organizations). Activists in Massachusetts stopped at nothing to get their voices heard, with more than 150 ending up in prison for protesting. Despite male voters’ attempts to squash the suffrage movement, ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 13. A Black 15-Year-Old Went to Juvie For Missing Her Homework
- (Living)
- A fifteen-year-old girl was incarcerated in Michigan during the coronavirus pandemic. The reason? A judge ruled that her uncompleted schoolwork violated probation. Grace had been charged with assault ...
- Created on 14 July 2020
- 14. Don’t Understand #DefundThePolice? Here Are 8 Online Activists and Resources That Might Help
- (Feminism)
- ... movements like LGBTQ+ liberation. For example, @globalgirlhood made a great infographic on how police and prisons are not just racist institutions, but anti-feminist institutions as well: ...
- Created on 12 June 2020
- 15. Gov. Cuomo Supports Bill Criminalizing False Reports Based On Race
- (Living)
- ... June 7, 2020 Under this bill, the violator will receive one to five years in prison “if the motivation for reporting such crime is motivated by a perception or belief about their race, color, national ...
- Created on 09 June 2020
- 16. 10 Documentaries and Movies About Police Brutality and Racism White People Must Watch
- (Movies)
- ... 1979 to 1981. It follows the case from the first deaths of two teen boys to the arrest and imprisonment of Wayne Williams, who was found guilty of murdering two adults and connections to the murders of ...
- Created on 03 June 2020
- 17. In Honor Of Hulu's “The Great,” Here Are Some Other Women In History We'd Love To See Onscre
- (TV)
- ... to her in the night and urged her to speak truth, which is when she got her famous name. From then on, Truth traveled around America making public speeches on universal suffrage, abolition, prison reform, ...
- Created on 25 March 2020
- 18. Elizabeth Warren And Ayanna Pressley Advocate For Reduced Prison Population In Light of Coronavirus
- (Feminism)
- As people from coast to coast grapple with the new reality of life on lockdown thanks to an global pandemic, the question remains of how to help those who are actually imprisoned. Senator Elizabeth ...
- Created on 24 March 2020
- 19. This is my 3-Year-Old Daughter's Fourth Women's March — Why This Matte
- (Feminism)
- ... wombs, and kept marching through centuries of racism, sexism, and misogyny. I want them to know that marching for women means marching for immigrants, for trans rights, for economic justice, for prison ...
- Created on 17 January 2020
- 20. More Power of Popular Fiction For Thomas Cromwell And Wolf Hall
- (Living)
- ... He advocated the burning of Luther’s books and, most disturbing to our modern sensibilities, as Lord Chancellor he enforced the heresy laws by imprisoning so-called heretics and burning them at the stake. ...
- Created on 17 July 2019
