Victoria Law

Victoria Law is a freelance journalist and author focused on incarceration. Her books include "Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women," "Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reform," and "'Prisons Make Us Safer' and 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration."

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Sexual Assault Allegation Exposes Self-Policing Prison System

Victoria Law

- Nov. 3

Robert Adams alleges that a guard sodomized him with a baton. A yearlong investigation into his story uncovered a system plagued by retaliation and primed for abuse.

Maddesyn George, right, and her mother, Jody, take a photo together in 2019.

Maddesyn George Killed Her Alleged Rapist. Prosecutors Blocked Her Self-Defense Claims.

Victoria Law

- Oct. 8

Federal prosecutors threw the book at George, a member of the Colville tribes, who didn't fit the narrative of a "perfect victim."

NIANTIC, CT - MAY 24: Prison inmates make one of their daily allotment of six phone calls at the York Community Reintegration Center on May 24, 2016 in Niantic, Connecticut. The center is part of the York Correctional Institution, which houses all of the state's more than 1,000 female inmates. The unit is designed to prepare prisoners for successful reintegration into society after serving out their sentences. Criminal justice and prison reforms are taking hold with bi-partisan support nationwide in an effort to reduce prison populations, while saving taxpayer money. The state's criminal justice reforms are part of Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy's 'Second Chance Society' legislation. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

$15 for 15 minutes: How Courts Are Letting Prison Phone Companies Gouge Incarcerated People

Victoria Law

- Jun. 16

Obama's Federal Communications Commission voted to cap prison phone call rates. But the courts sided with Trump's FCC in undoing some regulations.

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Sexual Assault Allegation Exposes Self-Policing Prison System

Maddesyn George Killed Her Alleged Rapist. Prosecutors Blocked Her Self-Defense Claims.

$15 for 15 minutes: How Courts Are Letting Prison Phone Companies Gouge Incarcerated People