Reproductive Freedom And... Incarceration

In this first episode, Briana Perry and Anna Carella interview three advocates who work at the intersections of reproductive freedom and incarceration. Alex Chambers and Jawharrah Bahar, from the organization Free Hearts, speak about the lack of reproductive freedom in jails and prisons and personal experiences of pregnancy and parenting while incarcerated. Erica Perry, a movement lawyer and former organizer with the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, discusses the Black Mama’s Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign. Interview originally recorded in 2019. You can find more information about Free Hearts on their website (freeheartsorg.com), Instagram (@freeheartsorg), Twitter (@freeheartsorg), or Facebook (Free Hearts). You can find more information about Official Black Lives Matter on their Instagram (@official_blm_memphis), Twitter (@blm_memphis), or Facebook (The Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter). You can find more information about Black Mama's Bail Out and the End Money Bail Campaign on their website (nationalbailout.org) or Facebook (National Bail Out).

Transcript for episode available at: bit.ly/ReproAndIncarceration