Today, instead of a Women Beyond Walls episode, we’re featuring an episode of Everyday Injustice.

Everyday Injustice is a podcast from Davis Vanguard, a nonprofit watchdog news organization based in Davis, California. Their show dives into issues like reform, mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, and more.

In this episode, they speak with Stephanie Akhter, director of the Women’s Justice Commission at the Council on Criminal Justice, about why women’s involvement in the criminal legal system is rising, how their experiences differ from men’s, and what meaningful reform actually requires.

If you like what you hear, check out Everyday Injustice here: https://davisvanguard.org/everyday-injustice-a-criminal-justice-reform-podcast/

When we talk about ‘public safety,’ we rarely talk about what actually keeps people safe: strong communities, basic needs met, and systems that heal instead of harm. Senator Kim Pate is a lifelong advocate for criminal legal reform. She’s worked both on the frontlines with women inside Canadian prisons and in the Senate advancing policy change. Kim makes a clear case for shifting resources from punishment to community and building the supports that prevent criminalisation in the first place.

To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in this episode, visit www.womenbeyondwalls.org/kim

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In Iran, under the country’s “blood money” laws, even in death, women are valued less. And for those facing the death penalty, discrimination runs deep from child marriage to poverty and domestic violence.

Today’s guest is Leila, a British-Iranian human rights advocate with Iran Human Rights, an organization fighting to abolish the death penalty. Leila reveals how Iran’s justice system is used as a tool of repression against women and why international solidarity can literally save lives.

To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in this episode, visit www.womenbeyondwalls.org/leila

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