Check out our most recent efforts to bring tempature control to Texas prisons,
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Justice Impacted Women's Alliance
About Us
Mission
Lioness: Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance is a nonprofit organization led by currently and formerly incarcerated girls, women, and gender-expansive people. Our mission is to end the incarceration and systemic devaluation of our population within the Texas criminal legal system, while also building power within our communities.
Vision
We envision a society where we are spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically free from all forms of violence and harm in the criminal legal system. Our vision can be achieved through radical advocacy, leadership development, community building, grassroot organizing and civic engagement.
Values
We believe that lived experience is the guiding force to change.
We believe in honoring each other’s differences while striving to bring one unified voice of currently and formerly incarcerated girls, women and gender expansive people in Texas into all spaces.
We believe that jails and prisons by nature perpetuate harm and violence.
Equity Statement
We are committed to nurturing a space rooted in the intersectionality of the women's rights movement and grounded in the lived experiences of justice-impacted individuals. We recognize that while all girls, women and gender expansive people face systemic oppression, the ways in which we all experience oppression are different, by race, age, class, gender identity, sexuality, disability, and more. We strive to ensure that every person who connects with our work feels seen, respected, valued and represented.
Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Lioness: Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance is a nonprofit organization led by currently and formerly incarcerated girls, women, and gender-expansive people. Our mission is to end the incarceration and systemic devaluation of our population within the Texas criminal legal system, while also building power within our communities.
Vision
We envision a society where we are spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically free from all forms of violence and harm in the criminal legal system. Our vision can be achieved through radical advocacy, leadership development, community building, grassroot organizing and civic engagement.
Values
We believe that lived experience is the guiding force to change.
We believe in honoring each other’s differences while striving to bring one unified voice of currently and formerly incarcerated girls, women and gender expansive people in Texas into all spaces.
We believe that jails and prisons by nature perpetuate harm and violence.
Equity Statement
We are committed to nurturing a space rooted in the intersectionality of the women's rights movement and grounded in the lived experiences of justice-impacted individuals. We recognize that while all girls, women and gender expansive people face systemic oppression, the ways in which we all experience oppression are different, by race, age, class, gender identity, sexuality, disability, and more. We strive to ensure that every person who connects with our work feels seen, respected, valued and represented.
Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Meet the Team
Priorities
Lioness continues to highlight the challenges faced by incarcerated women when pursing higher education opportunities.
Read MoreWe continue the fight to end the over policing of women and girls while in custody. Read studies about how women are punished more severely and more often for minor infractions.
Read MoreSolitary confinement also known in Texas as administrative segregation, is cruel and unusual punishment that affects women in very specific ways. We remain committed to ending it.
Read MoreRead about the history and the most recent corruption, abuse, and mismanagement within the Texas youth justice system.
Read MoreGender expansive people in the Texas criminal legal system are constantly attacked and harrassed. We stand together for justice for our trans men and women. Read recent articles about their struggles.
Read MoreCommunity Supervision can be a set up for failure for many women. Read the report on how the system doesn't work and what we can do to fix it.
Read MoreCounty jails in Texas are often unsafe, dirty and dangerous, especially for women and gender expansive people. We are working on advocating around conditions and bail reform. Check out some articles about what's going on here in Texas.
Read MoreLearn more about the compelling evidence supporting her innocence and the ongoing efforts to secure her release.
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Resources
COMPREHENSIVE DATA
How many women are held in prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities in the United States? Why are they there? How are their experiences different from men’s? Check out the reports to understand the reasons for their incarceration, and the unique challenges they face compared to men.
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RESOURCES FOR ADVOCATES
It can be confusing and overwhelming knowing where and how to start advocating for yourself and your community. These are a few resources that we often use that help inform and guide our efforts.
Learn MoreEvents
Join us as we honor and remember the incarcerated Texans who have lost their lives due to extreme temperatures in Texas prisons. We also stand in solidarity with the incarcerated Texans and TDCJ staff still suffering under these dangerous conditions. 🕯️Battery operated candles will be provided. Feel free to bring posters, pictures of loved ones, etc. 🎤Rep Carl O. Sherman will offer opening remarks. Rev Joanna Crawford will lead us in non-denominational prayer.
Join us for the first-ever Lioness Wellness Resource Fair co-hosted by Simply Grace! Featuring yoga, sound healing, open microphone speakers, and tons of resources. Help us inspire one another and Build Our Force!
What better way to celebrate women's history month than with the most vilified women in Texas? Join Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance on March 30th, 6pm-9pm, at Austin Cinemaker Space, as we explore what it truly means to be the most dangerous women in Texas.
Join us for a restorative Peace Walk that aims to bridge the divide between formerly incarcerated individuals and the community where they were once incarcerated. We invite residents, business owners, Faith leaders and other community leaders, to hear and share stories of inspiration and hope beyond the history of incarceration. We are so much more than our past. Come join us!
