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JIWC Community Spotlight: The Lotus Alliance

The Lotus Alliance is a prison doula project in Columbia, South Carolina. The project’s co-directors, Kaylin Smith and Sadie Whitehead, work in coalition with other doulas, medical students, and doctors to provide support in the Camille Graham Correctional Institution throughout pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. Sadie and Kaylin were instrumental in pushing forward an anti-shackling bill […]

Abortion Access for Incarcerated People in the U.S. 

A State Policy Brief from the National University-Based Collaborative on Justice-Involved Women & Children (JIWC) May 2023 Download PDF Executive Summary: Without the constitutional protection of abortion, access is entirely dependent on state laws. Before Roe was overturned, only 4 U.S. states had laws on abortion for incarcerated people in the U.S. In the last […]

Breastfeeding & Lactation Support for Incarcerated People in the U.S.

A State Policy Brief from the National University-Based Collaborative on Justice-Involved Women & Children (JIWC) April 2023 Executive Summary: Only 6 states have laws with written policies on breastfeeding and lactation support for incarcerated postpartum people in the U.S. This is a critical gap in public health policy because breastfeeding is vital to infant and […]