Wednesday, March 30, 2016 | 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Smart Classroom 218, Vanderbilt Hall
40 Washington Square South map
The number of women in prison has increased significantly in recent years, at 1.5 times the rate of male incarceration. How prisons and jails are responding to the specific needs of women remains a huge concern for advocates and practitioners. Join NYU Law Students for Reproductive Justice for a panel discussion that will focus on one particular subset of this demographic – pregnant women – and will examine the experience of being pregnant while incarcerated. Our panel will address the care pregnant women receive while in prison before and during childbirth, as well as what happens to mother and child post-birth.
The panelists include Miyhosi Benton, a formerly incarcerated woman and leader of the anti-shackling movement, Tina Reynolds, Co-Founder of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH) and Gail T. Smith, Director, Women in Prison Project, Correctional Association of New York. The panel will be moderated by Julie Ehrlich, Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff, and Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law at NYU School of Law.
Please contact Natalie Nicelli at nn822@nyu.edu with questions about this event.