ENDING INCARCERATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
LET US LEAD
The National Council is a 501c3 organization founded in 2010 by a group of women incarcerated in the federal prison in Danbury, CT. Most were mothers, separated from their children. The mission of The National Council is to end incarceration of women and girls and create the infrastructure for the systems in support of building healthy, thriving people and communities.
The National Council also organizes against the incarceration of women globally through its International Network.
Our mission was, and continues to be ending the incarceration of women and girls.
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls is committed to abolishing incarceration of women and girls
We believe a prison will never be the place for a woman or girl to heal and advance her life.
We believe that prison most often causes further social and economic harm and does not result in an increase in public safety.
We believe that the prison experience increases trauma in women and, if they are mothers, to the children they are separated from.
We believe that the prison system deepens poverty in the individual lives of incarcerated people and the overall economic stability of their communities.
We believe that the current criminal legal system is a failed system and needs to be dismantled.
We believe that we have what different looks like and how to get there.
The National Council for Incarcerated Women and Girls "100 Women first 100 Days" rally at Black Lives Matter Plaza on March 12, 2021, in Washington, DC. Photographer: Jonna Algarin Mojica Photo - Pictured: Danielle Metz, The National Council Clemency Coordinator and the last woman to be pardoned by President Obama
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