Today, one of my investigators is in a federal prison for women, speaking with women about their experiences of sexual violence and the pathways of criminalization. Part of our investigation is looking at how survivors of sexual violence are criminalized and the different contexts that this criminalization emerges from.
On prison conditions, I'll say that many people have a relationship with the person who's been incarcerated. There are families that have this context. If somebody is mistreated in prison, it distracts from their ability to heal. Safety and human rights in prisons are important. That's part of our stance too.