This month, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute published “The Hidden Heart of Reentry: Lessons from Essie Justice Group’s Black Mama’s Bail Out Campaign and the Expertise of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones”—an evaluation of the Black Mama Bailout campaign. The report explores how the annual campaign reunites Black mothers with their children and families while highlighting the often invisible labor and leadership of women impacted by incarceration.

Black LGBTQ+ women, girls, & gender-expansive people are disproportionately impacted by the criminal-legal system

New study finds incarceration history prevents Black women from accessing healthcare

This Pride, we are reminded that Black LBTQ women & girls are at greater risk for victimization, criminalization, & punishment.

Gender-based violence—including domestic violence—impacts an astonishing number of Black women.

Black women account for one-third of women serving life sentences and virtual life sentences in the U.S.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute is calling for the release of women and girls from prison