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Women's Justice and Systemic Racism:
A lot of the conversation about #BlackLivesMatter
has rightly focused on the violence done to black men, particularly young black men. But we cannot forget that women of colour are also significantly impacted by systemic racism.
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A lot of the conversation about #BlackLivesMatter
has rightly focused on the violence done to black men, particularly young black men. But we cannot forget that women of colour are also significantly impacted by systemic racism.1/
Black women are overrepresented at every stage of the criminal system.
According to @DavidLammy's Review, they are twice as likely as white women to get arrested, and more likely to be proceeded against at Mags + Crown Court. And they are more likely to be sent to prison.
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According to @DavidLammy's Review, they are twice as likely as white women to get arrested, and more likely to be proceeded against at Mags + Crown Court. And they are more likely to be sent to prison.
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There are proportionally 3 times as many black women in prison compared to their representation in the population of England and Wales.
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And black women's experiences of prison can be horrendous.
Lilly, a brave survivor of domestic abuse that works with us to advocate for women in prison, gave an interview to @HuffPost about her experiences or racism in prison
4/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/racism-womens-prisons-askham-grange_uk_5ef4ce84c5b66c312683a16b?xwj&guccounter=1
Lilly, a brave survivor of domestic abuse that works with us to advocate for women in prison, gave an interview to @HuffPost about her experiences or racism in prison
4/ https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/racism-womens-prisons-askham-grange_uk_5ef4ce84c5b66c312683a16b?xwj&guccounter=1
In London, for example, black women make up a disproportionate number of those coming into contact with the criminal justice system for the first time.
Black women are more likely to have experience of the justice system than white women.
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Black women are more likely to have experience of the justice system than white women.
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When it comes to involuntary detention under the Mental Health Act, outcomes are abysmal. Black women are far more likely to be held against their will than white women.
Do health professionals see black women as more of a threat to themselves and others than white women?
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Do health professionals see black women as more of a threat to themselves and others than white women?
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Our Women's Justice Advocate pointed out in the @guardian this week that âThe time for reports is over, the research is there and we know what needs to happen, itâs about implementing change.â
We know where things go wrong - it's time to fix it.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/14/naima-sakande-self-congratulation-race-uk-black-women-justice-change
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We know where things go wrong - it's time to fix it.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/14/naima-sakande-self-congratulation-race-uk-black-women-justice-change
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We can only move forward when we realise that these numbers are rarely caused by individual racists within the justice system - but by systems of policing, judging + sentencing that view black bodies as a threat.
We are committed to advocating for systemic reform. Are you?
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We are committed to advocating for systemic reform. Are you?
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Further reading + info about great work to support criminalised black women & women in detention available from @PRTuk
@WIP_live
@MuslimWomenUK
@Imkaan
@hibiscuscharity
@SBSisters
@Sistah_Space
@IKWRO
@4refugeewomen
@BAWSO
@WIP_live
@MuslimWomenUK
@Imkaan
@hibiscuscharity
@SBSisters
@Sistah_Space
@IKWRO
@4refugeewomen
@BAWSO
