Mr. Gender Wealth Gap

This episode contains mention of Intimate Partner Violence, Drug Use, and Child Abuse

This episode features Pamela Superville (she/her), a reentry specialist working for City of Philadelphia. A survivor of intimate partner violence (IPV), Pam shares the events and circumstances leading to her incarceration. Once inside, she learns she’s not alone. Pam discusses the link between incarceration and gender-based violence and presses the need for healing spaces in prisons. WOMEN’S WAY Chief Disruptor Diane Cornman-Levy sits down with Jacqui Johnson from Sankofa Healing Studio, a Philly-based therapy practice that facilitates art therapy sessions in nearby women’s prisons, to discuss trauma, incarceration, and oppression.

Sources:

-Alessi, Gabriella, et al. “Implementing Domestic Violence Peer-Support Programs in Jail: A Starting Point.” 11 July 2023.  https://safetyandjusticechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023DomesticViolencePeerSupportReport.pdf

-Sawyer, Wendy, and Wanda Bertram. “Prisons and Jails Will Separate Millions of Mothers from Their Children in 2022.” Prison Policy Initiative, 4 May 2022,  www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/05/04/mothers_day/#:~:text=Roughly%20570%2C000%20women%20living%20in.

-Clarke, Jennifer, and Rachel Simon. “Shackling and Separation: Motherhood in Prison.” AMA Journal of Ethics, vol. 15, no. 9, 1 Sept. 2013, pp. 779–785, https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.9.pfor2-1309.