From The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls:
The National Council for Incarcerated Women and Girls is calling on President Joe Biden to grant clemency to 100 women in his first 100 days in office. With over 231,000 women and girls incarcerated in the United States, now is the time for immediate action on justice system reform.
Statement from Andrea James, Executive Director of The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
“The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls congratulates President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on their historic inauguration. Like millions of Americans, we are optimistic about the administration’s commitment to long-overdue justice system reform.”
“We are looking forward to the implementation of the Biden-Harris Plan for Strengthening America’s Commitment to Justice by reducing the number of incarcerated individuals while rooting out the racial, gender, and income-based disparities in the system.”
“As formerly incarcerated women, we believe a prison will never be the place for a woman or a girl to heal and advance her life. We’re hopeful President Biden will honor his campaign commitment to correcting the wrongs of the justice system, and will continue to advocate to decarcerate women and girls. While there are many necessary long-term solutions that need to be implemented, clemency can serve as an immediate remedy to correct the wrongs of the justice system.”
The National Council is committed to abolishing incarceration for women and girls. As formerly incarcerated women, we believe a prison will never be the place for a woman or girl to heal and advance her life. Prison most often causes further social and economic harm and does not result in an increase in public safety. The prison experience increases trauma in women and, if they are mothers, to the children they are separated from. It deepens poverty in the individual lives of incarcerated people and the overall economic stability of their communities. We believe that the current criminal legal system has failed and needs to be dismantled. We have better solutions. Join us in our work to end incarceration.
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