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l’m honored to be appointed to the Women’s Justice Commission, a national, nonpartisan panel led by former U.S. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch and featuring 15 other leaders plus Senior Adviser Sarah Stitt. Overcoming the lived experience of being justice impacted, l’ve dedicated my pain to the purpose of providing dignity, safety, and equity to women involved with the criminal legal system. As stated by Lynch: “We can and must do better to reduce the flow of women into the justice system, help them maintain relationships with children and families during incarceration, and provide the support they need to thrive after release.”

Criminal justice policy and practice often fail to sufficiently address women’s needs or account for the different ways women experience justice system involvement. RestoreHER is proud to have Founder, Pamela Winn appointed to the Women’s Justice
Commission, which will recommend improvements 🧩🧩🧩

Eligible, but excluded: A guide to removing the barriers to jail voting. While people in state or federal prison generally cannot vote, most people in local jails can, although numerous barriers prevent them from doing so. View more here: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jail_voting.html

Founder, Pamela Winn .US will be the Keynote at the 3rd Annual Break Into Law Conference, hosted by to help BIPOC, first-gen, and other marginalized aspiring legal professionals on their path! 🎉

Register for this free, virtual event at breakintolawconference.org! 🔗 Applicants, students, and current legal professionals are encouraged to attend!

Today We Celebrate Juneteenth 💛❤️💚 Thank You, Ancestors For Your Sacrifices 🫶🏽 Now It Is Our Duty To 🧩💚

“Project Restart” to reduce recidivism and increase success outcomes among formerly incarcerated individuals through training, education, mentorship and capital.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM?
1. MUST BE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD
2. MUST RESIDE IN OR NEAR THE ATLANTA METRO AREA (CONSIDERATION MAY BE GIVEN TO NON-ATLANTA RESIDENTS FOR FUTURE COHORTS)
3. MUST BE WILLING TO COMMIT TO 12-WEEKS OF VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING AND COACHING

Scan the barcode on the picture to sign up for the 2024 Application

2024 RISING CHANGE AGENT LEADERSHIP TRAVEL CAMP REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 2024 “AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SERVANT LEADERSHIP” 2 Week Camp July 15th-26th Ages 10-14

JOSEPH & EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTSP.O. BOX 92801 | 404-524-8406 |
[email protected]

Inclusion Scholarship: Grateful Hands, Inc and The HUD Food Truck have partnered together to provide a $1,000 scholarship to 2 students in the Douglas County School System with a disability pursing post-secondary education. The deadline to apply is June 3rd.

Visit our website to apply!
gratefulhands.org/scholarship

Contact Your Local State California Representative and Ask Them To Support AB2160 (WCA) The Womens Care Act https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
Save Our Mothers & Save Our Babies

The Women’s CARE Act defers a woman’s sentence until a minimum of 12 weeks postpartum allowing the mother an opportunity for perinatal care, resources, proper nutrition, and education before serving her sentence. Also for the baby to receive imperative bonding, breastfeeding, and proper placement which are all essential to its development. The United States is experiencing a maternal-infant mortality crisis that excludes this population of women due to a lack of data. There are 41 States that have passed laws that ban abortion. We are a nation that “says” we care for mothers and babies, let’s show it in our actions to pass the Women’s CARE Act. ALL Mothers and Babies Lives Matter!🧩 Happy Mother’s Day💐

No Health = No Justice

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SYMPOSIUM, SHOWING ART And/or MIXED MEDIA PLEASE CONTACT US AT [email protected] ALL WOMEN AFFECTED BY (DV/SA) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND/OR BEING
PREGNANT WHILE INCARCERATED ARE WELCOME!

🗣️DEMANDS that incarcerated women that have experienced sexual abuse be RELEASED IMMEDIATELY!!!!! Not allowing them to continuously be harmed by transferring them to another prison. These women were not sentenced to be harmed physically, mentally, and/or emotionally. While they are being accountable, they are now also “victims” of criminal behavior from officers that have taken an oath to protect them as they serve their time and these women should be given FREEDOM & JUSTICE!

The Federal Correctional Institution stands in Dublin, Calif., Dec. 5, 2022. The federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.

“”The announcement of Dublin’s closure represents an extraordinary acknowledgement by the Bureau of Prisons that its much-promised efforts to improve the culture and environment there have not worked. Many attempts to stem the problems at Dublin have come after the AP investigation revealed a pattern of abuse and mismanagement that crossed years, even decades.””

Were you pregnant while incarcerated in California? Please Join Us Assembly Public Safety Committee Hearing
April 23, 2024 @ 9:00am to share your public comment in support of “AB2160” - The California Women’s Care Act! Together, we can END Prison & Jail Birth in California!
Location: California State Capitol, Room 126
10th & L Streets - Sacramento, CA 95814

May 9th, LAC’s team will convene in Atlanta for a national gathering dedicated to exploring the intersection of health and justice!

Panel topics include .US President, Pamela Winn speaking on advancing health to promote directly impacted women’s health and justice. 🧩💚

Visit ➡ bit.ly/HealthJustice2024 ⬅ to learn more about the event, check out the agenda, and buy tickets!

Today, April 11th at 4:00 pm in Merrill Hall, Room 111 Join us for a session from THE
Ms. Pamela Winn is the founder of .US and the co-founder of the Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons [GACHEP] Her “anti-shackling campaign” is the focus of a recent PBS documentary, WINN. An alumna of Spelman College, Ms. Winn is our 2023/2024 AYC Scholar-in-Residence.
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April 16th at 9:30am Join the Council on Criminal Justice and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University on April 16th for a look at the complex justice system disparities affecting our communities. RSVP now at:https://secure.counciloncj.org/nx/portal/neonevents/events #/events/3539

CATALYST GRANT PROGRAM INSIGHTS:
Researching the Criminalization of Pregnancy: Data Barriers and Accountability

With support from the Catalyst Grant Program, RestoreHER, a Georgia-based policy advocacy reentry organization, initially planned to assess the criminalization of behavior during pregnancy in one county in Georgia, with the idea that these data might be indicative of national trends and might have implications for constitutionally protected pregnancy outcomes across the United States. RestoreHER researchers planned to evaluate the rates of prosecution of pregnant people and the prosecution of people for pregnancy-related charges. Pregnancy-related charges were defined as charges that are brought forth because a person is pregnant that would not have been filed otherwise, such as the charge of child abuse for using drugs while pregnant. RestoreHER researchers also planned to compare the cases prosecutors pursued with the corresponding charges from law enforcement within a specified time frame, stratifying by race. Through this project, RestoreHER researchers planned to regularly track data to identify trends over time and across policy change and assess the needs of this marginalized population in sentencing and policy reform.

Read more https://www.urban.org/catalyst-grant-program-insights/researching-criminalization-pregnancy-data-barriers-accountability

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Today April 2, 2024 From 3pm-4:30pm Communities In Action Blessings Working Together Presents Blessings Impact Communities!!!
Free Groceries, Limited Supplies, Please Bring Bags. Location - Crossroads Church of Douglasville 5960 Stewart Pkwy Douglasville, GA 30135

REGISTER HERE: https://form.jotform.com/BWTINC/FreeFood

Today April 1st. Georgia LIHEAP COOLING ASSISTANCE. Tallatoona, Helping Families Take Their Lead. You must have all poiments at the time of your and all appointments are in person. serves the following counties: , , , . , , , and .

Easter Extravaganza (Community Resource Fair) Today Starting at 2:30 @ Burdett Park. Bring The Kids No Matter The Age & Come Have A Great Time! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Join Us For Today March 30 for The 2024 Reentry Innovation Challenge.

Do you have innovative ideas for addressing reentry challenges and creating opportunities for individuals to successfully
reintegrate into society?

Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative
solutions addressing reentry challenges.
Receive guidance and mentorship from experts in relevant fields.
Gain valuable insights, skills, and connections in the reentry and social innovation space.

Alliyah Thomas says she was regularly mistreated and neglected when jailed while she was pregnant. This is why the is so prominent and important to every single incarcerated woman & formerly incarcerated woman. If you are a mother, you can understand the level of empathy & sympathy for those incarcerated while pregnant. 💚🧩

Ms. Pamela Winn is the founder of RestoreHER and the co-founder of the Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons [GACHEP]. Her “anti-shackling campaign” is the focus of a recent PBS documentary, WINN. An alumna of Spelman College, Ms. Winn is our 2023/2024 AYC Scholar-in-Residence.
Join us for sessions on March 28th, April 4th, and April 11th at 4:00 pm in Merrill Hall, Room 111.
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“I’m on a profound mission to transform the lives of women who have been directly affected by incarceration, convictions, and trauma. My goal is not only to break the cycle that perpetuates mass incarceration and prison births among women of color but to empower these resilient women as active partners in their own liberation.” Pamela Winn - Founder of 🧩

Christamy Demory and her daughter, who was born in prison, still experience the trauma of being separated.

Christamy Demory’s oldest daughter was born in a Maryland prison. Two days later, Demory gave her newborn to her mother while she completed her prison sentence. (Read more here https://colorlines.com/article/project/i-cry-about-the-baby-that-i-had-to-give-away-christamy-demory-and-her-daughter-who-was-born-in-prison-still-experience-the-trauma-of-being-separated/) 🧩

Christamy Demory and her daughter, who was born in prison, still experience the trauma of being separated.

Christamy Demory’s oldest daughter was born in a Maryland prison. Two days later, Demory gave her newborn to her mother while she completed her prison sentence. (Read more) 🧩

This report provides a detailed view of the 190,600 women and girls incarcerated in the United States and how they fit into the even broader picture of correctional control.

With growing public attention to the problem of mass incarceration, people want to know about women’s experiences with incarceration. How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? Why are they there? How are their experiences different from men’s? These are important questions, but finding the answers requires not only disentangling the country’s decentralized and overlapping criminal legal systems, but also unearthing the frustratingly limited data that’s broken down by gender.

Celebrating International
Women’s Day with Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/
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