The movement to end the War on Drugs is a movement that grows stronger every day. In preparation for the Southern Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Conference here in New Orleans this week, check out highlight’s from this fall’s International Drug Policy Reform Conference held in Denver, Colorado, where more than 1,100 drug policy reformers […]
Reprinted With Permission by Human Rights Watch’s Megan McLemore (New York, December 11, 2013) – Louisiana state laws and practices that prohibit access to sterile syringes and criminalize sex work contribute to an uncontrolled HIV epidemic and an extremely high AIDS death rate, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The AIDS death […]
On Sunday, September 29, 2013, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, joined Ari Melber, co-host of MSNBC’s “The Cycle;” Seema Iyer, Legal Contributor at Arise News; and Faith Gay, Attorney for Marissa Alexander, on the Melissa Harris-Perry show. This panel was brought together around two important issues affecting women’s incarceration: first, the announcement of a New York initiative to establish special courts […]
This Thursday WWAV is launching our Community Voices Project with Never Going Back, a safe space for women who have been to jail or prison to talk about their experiences and share their stories. Whether you’ve spent a night in jail or years in prison, we know that the criminal justice system has taken its toll on you […]