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Incarceration During Pregnancy and Postpartum with Miyhosi Benton of the Women & Justice Project

In this episode, we speak with Miyhosi Benton, senior associate with New York City's Women & Justice Project, who experienced pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum during her period of incarceration and was illegally shackled despite a 2009 law designed to protect women from this barbaric practice.


Season 2 | Episode 12

The New York City Women & Justice Project, a non-profit organization that advances the leadership and narrative power of women directly impacted by incarceration to transform the criminal justice system.

Miyhosi was a leader in the successful campaign to pass the 2015 Anti-Shackling law banning the shackling of incarcerated pregnant women in New York State, the most progressive law of its kind in the nation.

You can read more about Miyhosi and the Women & Justice Project on their website and here.


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