Tawanda Jennings has been unlawfully detained in California since June 2, 2023, mostly due to New York State's failure to produce a crucial governor's warrant. Jennings's support team, including noted advocates Jamilia Land and Shawanna Vaughn of Silent Cry Inc., are calling for her release.
Michigan inmate Tamerra Washington is currently serving two sentences of 32-50 years on wrongful convictions. She shares her story as a victim of systemic racial injustice. Help human rights organization Silent Cry Inc. and partners in the effort to free Tamerra.
Humanitarian advocates are protesting abuses at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Michigan's only women's prison. Conditions are crowded and toxic, sexual assault and disease run rampant, and inmate deaths are raising alarm.
Ms. Steverson is not alone in her experience with the inhumane prison healthcare system.
