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Survivors of domestic and sexualized violence are particularly vulnerable to prosecution under “accomplice liability” laws; they are charged for supporting, taking part in, or failing to stop a crime by their abusers. Rachel White-Domain, director of IPP's Women and Survivors Project, explains why these cases don't get the attention they deserve.

IPP’s Director of Policy and Communications, Marshan Allen and Director of Education, Renaldo Hudson are featured in a Chicago Reader article on the impending closure of two Illinois prisons. “The idea that you’re going to change this physical structure and that’s going to wipe away all the pain and suffering that people are experiencing in prison, that’s just not going to happen.”

IPP Ambassador Rogelio Richart is growing his family business & providing jobs to other formerly incarcerated people. IPP Community Navigator Vincent Boggan says we must prepare incarcerated people for successful lives in the community.

IPP Legal Director Candace Chambliss talks about client Andrew Suh and problems implementing a new law that provides sentencing credit for education, work, and other activities.

Due to a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling, IPP client Marseilles Redmond – an incarcerated domestic violence survivor – was prevented from seeking resentencing since she had pled guilty in her original case.

Despite #MeToo, the criminal legal system remains skeptical when survivors, particularly Black women, defend themselves.