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

Victoria Law – October 8 2021

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

Victoria Law – June 16 2017

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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