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."
Maddesyn George Killed Her Alleged Rapist. Prosecutors Blocked Her Self-Defense Claims.
Federal prosecutors threw the book at George, a member of the Colville tribes, who didn’t fit the narrative of a “perfect victim.”
$15 for 15 minutes: How Courts Are Letting Prison Phone Companies Gouge Incarcerated People
Obama’s Federal Communications Commission voted to cap prison phone call rates. But the courts sided with Trump’s FCC in undoing some regulations.