Women prisoners who allege domestic violence see their struggle in film
A new film documents efforts to pass a law allowing convicted survivors of gender-based violence to be considered for new, shorter sentences.
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A new film documents efforts to pass a law allowing convicted survivors of gender-based violence to be considered for new, shorter sentences.
“What I think a lot of you know is we do have a domestic violence resentencing law in Illinois, but that it is not working,” attorney Alexis Mansfield told a
Women in Illinois prisons who say they were domestic violence victims see their struggle in film.
Despite #MeToo, the criminal legal system remains skeptical when survivors, particularly Black women, defend themselves.
"This is a way to connect us back to our humanity," one inmate said to the online audience as the program began to stream.