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Women Beyond Walls

Hueman Group Media

Around the world, nearly one million women are behind bars — and that number is rising. Often this is not for serious crimes, but because they are poor, because they’ve survived violence, or because the system failed them long before a conviction. Women Beyond Walls is a podcast that takes you beyond tired prison stereotypes to listen to real-life stories from incredible individuals: from women who have lived through incarceration, as well as from those reimagining what justice could look

society & culture documentary

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00:36:56

What Can We Do To Fix This Broken System? with...

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/12/02

When we talk about ‘public safety,’ we rarely talk about what actually keeps people safe: strong communities, basic needs met, and systems that heal instead of harm. Senator Kim Pate is a lifelong advocate for criminal legal reform. She’s worked both on the frontlines with women inside Canadian prisons and in the Senate advancing policy change. Kim makes a clear case for shifting resources from punishment to community and building the supports that prevent criminalisation in the first place.To learn

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00:34:12

The Death Penalty is a Feminist Issue, with Leila of...

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/11/18

In Iran, under the country’s “blood money” laws, even in death, women are valued less. And for those facing the death penalty, discrimination runs deep from child marriage to poverty and domestic violence.Today’s guest is Leila, a British-Iranian human rights advocate with Iran Human Rights, an organization fighting to abolish the death penalty. Leila reveals how Iran’s justice system is used as a tool of repression against women and why international solidarity can literally save lives.To learn

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00:24:07

Legal Aid is a Right, Not a Privilege, with Nicolás...

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/11/04

Today Lawyer and human rights advocate Nicolás Laino discusses how poverty, violence, and inequality contribute to women’s criminalization. He shares stories from his work as a public defender in Argentina, the importance of early, gender-sensitive legal aid, and how lawyers and policymakers can better support women behind bars. Nicolás also highlights global efforts to train legal professionals and include people with lived experience in shaping justice.To learn more about some of the issues

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00:34:16

Survived and Punished, with Harriet Wistrich

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/10/21

Harriet Wistrich is a pioneering lawyer and activist who has spent 30 years supporting survivors when the criminal legal system falls short. Today, we go beyond prejudices to discuss landmark cases where women were punished for defending themselves against abuse. Harriet explains why it’s so important for courts to consider long-term abuse, coercive control, and trauma and why legal reform is still needed to ensure women get fair trials.To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in this

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00:25:07

Women Are Paying the Price for the War on Drugs, with...

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/10/07

Women are the fastest-growing prison population worldwide, often locked up for low-level drug offenses tied to poverty, coercion, or survival. In this minisode, Marie Nougier from the International Drug Policy Consortium talks about moving beyond punitive drug laws that harm women and what compassionate, evidence-based alternatives could look like.Learn more about the International Drug Policy Consortium: idpc.net10-point plan: Gender-sensitive drug policies for women

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00:27:26

Drug Users Need Care, Not Punishment with Rosma Karlina

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/09/23

Today, Rosma Karlina talks about her experiences with drug use and her time in prison, highlighting the harm caused by incarceration and forced rehabilitation programs. She also explains why health-focused, human-rights approaches like peer support, counselling, and community programmes are so important for women who use drugs.Rosma is the director of SPINN, an Indonesian community group supporting women and trans women who use drugs. She is also part of the International Network of Formerly

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00:36:36

Imprison a Mother, Imprison a Family, with Dr. Shona...

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/09/09

Some say that when you imprison a mother, you imprison a family. Today, Dr. Shona Minson, Researcher at Oxford University’s Centre for Criminology, shares her groundbreaking work on the often invisible impact of maternal imprisonment on children. She goes beyond stereotypes that label incarcerated women as “bad mothers,” showing how poverty, stigma and systemic discrimination push women into prison and how these injustices reverberate through generations.BBC Video, What happens when your Mum goes to

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00:47:56

Pregnant Women Don’t Belong in Prison, with Pamela Winn

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/08/26

Pamela Winn discovered she was pregnant while incarcerated in the USA. Shackled during transport and denied proper medical care, she endured harsh conditions no pregnant woman should face.Today, Pamela asks us to go beyond stigma and recognise the humanity of incarcerated women, including mothers. She also talks about her work with RestoreHER, an organisation pushing for real policy change to help women caught up in the criminal legal system.Learn more about RestoreHER: restoreher.usThe Women’s CARE

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00:25:28

From Poverty to Punishment with Olivia Rope

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/08/12

From unpaid fines to laws that punish women for surviving violence, the system is locking up women who are simply trying to survive. Instead of addressing root causes, we’re criminalising poverty.In this minisode, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International, challenges us to go beyond the surface, to really listen to women’s stories and even question the system itself.We also talk about what’s working, including the community-based alternatives to prison, as well as the bold

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00:29:34

When Does Poverty Become a Crime? with Teresa Njoroge

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/07/29

Today, Teresa Njoroge asks us to look beyond poverty and see the potential in women caught up in the criminal legal system.Teresa is a former banker in Kenya who was imprisoned with her 3-month-old daughter. That traumatic experience transformed her understanding of justice and inspired her to found Clean Start Africa, an organisation that supports women and children impacted by incarceration.Today, Teresa challenges the way society labels some women as criminals and explains how poverty

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00:01:59

Women Beyond Walls Season 2

Women Beyond Walls ·

2025/07/18

Across the world, women are being locked up in growing numbers—often not for serious crimes, but because they are poor, they’ve survived violence, or the system failed them.In Season 2 of the Women Beyond Walls Podcast, we speak to women around the world who’ve lived through incarceration and those reimagining what justice could look like.

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00:43:15

Beyond Holloway: Creativity Unchained

Women Beyond Walls ·

2022/12/09

On the final episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, hostSabrina Mahtani is joinedin conversation with Lady Unchained, the Founder and Creative Director of Unchained Poetry, an artistic platform for artists with lived experience of the Criminal Justice System. On this episode Brenda Birungi, best known as author, poet, mentor and broadcaster Lady Unchained, shares her journey and explains why writing poetry became an important creative outlet for her both in prison and

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00:56:44

Beyond the Industrial Prison Complex - Debbie Kilroy

Women Beyond Walls ·

2022/07/27

On the fifth episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Debbie Kilroy OAM, the CEO of Sisters Inside, one of Queensland’s leading criminal solicitors, and one of Australia's leading advocates for the human rights of women in the criminal justice system. On this episode of Women Beyond Walls, Debbie shares her own compelling life-story and shines a powerful spotlight on the many injustices that still prevail in the criminal justice

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00:49:41

Beyond the Barriers of Incarceration - Jhody Polk

Women Beyond Walls ·

2022/04/27

On the fourth episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Jhody Polk, the Founder/Director of the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy Hub (LEAH) and Director of Community Justice at the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding in the USA. LEAH is the home of the National Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative and is the first Participatory Defense Hub in the state of Florida. Jhody, a formerly incarcerated Jailhouse Lawyer and powerful advocate for

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00:38:10

Breaking the Bias and Beyond - Samantha Chong

Women Beyond Walls ·

2022/02/23

On the third episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Samantha Chong, a former prosecutor and practicing criminal defence lawyer based in Malaysia.In this insightful episode Samantha and Sabrina examine some of the reasons behind the incarceration of women in Malaysia and discuss why the mandatory death sentence given for many drugs offences needs to challenged. Ahead of International Women's Day 2022, this episode unpicks some

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00:28:05

Looking Beyond Stereotypes - Simitie Lavaly

Women Beyond Walls ·

2022/01/13

On the second episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, host Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by her friend and former colleague Simitie Lavaly from Sierra Leone.Simitie is the former Executive Director of AdvocAid, a qualified lawyer and women’s rights specialist, and is currently serving as a Commissioner on Sierra Leone's Human Rights Commission. In this episode, Simitie and Sabrina explore some of the root causes of women's incarceration in Sierra Leone and her

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00:31:55

Beyond Death Row - Susan Kigula

Women Beyond Walls ·

2021/11/18

On the first episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, host Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation with Susan Kigula. In 2002, Susan, then a young mother, was convicted of the murder of her husband and was sentenced to death. At the time, Uganda carried the mandatory death penalty for murder. Susan spent over a decade on death row in Uganda. During her time in prison, she invested in her own education and in the education of the women with her. She went on to become the

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00:02:23

Introducing: Women Beyond Walls

Women Beyond Walls ·

2021/11/15

Over 741,000 women are in prison worldwide. The rate of women’s incarceration is growing at a faster rate than that of men’s. Women Beyond Walls is a podcast that takes you beyond tired prison stereotypes to listen to real-life stories from incredible individuals – women with lived experience of the justice system, feminist lawyers, activists and experts – all committed to seeing an end to the over-incarceration and over-criminalization of women worldwide. Our inaugural season is edited by Hueman

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