On April 18th, one of the co-chairs of the newly formed Law School Outreach Committee, Honorable Sally E. Unger (Civil Court of the City of New York) along with Lourdes Ventura, a Partner at Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, organized a successful speed mentoring program at St. Johns University School of Law in Queens, New York. Continue Reading
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Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. Following an outcry over the plan to move female prisoners from the only federal women's lockup in the Northeast, the Bureau of Prisons is now considering keeping some female prisoners housed at the Federal Corrections Institute in Danbury, officials said. Continue Reading
Written by Dirk Perrefort News-Times | News
More than a hundred female federal inmates, sentenced to long-term prison, have instead been held for years in two windowless rooms in a detention center in Brooklyn. Continue Reading
Written by WYNC New York Public Radio | News
NAWJ's New York Chapter Women in Prison (WIP) Committee has begun its Toy, Toiletry and Book Drive for its annual "Beyond the Bars" project. Continue Reading
Written by Cheryl Gonzales | News
On October 26, 2016, NAWJ District 2 co-sponsored a program entitled "Equal Means Equal" which featured a documentary about the Equal rights Amendment and a panel discussion with Kamala Lopez, Director of "Equal Means Equal", Ellen Chesler, Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute and Lenora Lapidus, Director, Women's Rights Project, ACLU. Continue Reading
Written by Cheryl Gonzales | District 2
On October 26, 2016, NAWJ's District Two co-sponsored a program entitled Equal Means Equal. Continue Reading
Written by Cheryl Gonzales | News
A federal judge has been put on notice that staff at the Metropolitan Detention Center may be retaliating against female inmates who complain about conditions at the troubled jail. Continue Reading
Written by John Marzulli, New York Daily News | News
A federal judge said Thursday she is reluctant to remand female defendants to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn in light of "unconscionable" conditions found at the jail. Continue Reading
Written by John Marzulli, New York Daily News | News
NAWJ announces the Honorable Betty J. Williams a 2016 recipient of the Mattie Belle Davis Award. Continue Reading
Written by National Association of Women Judges | News
NAWJ announces the Honorable Cheryl Gonzales a 2016 recipient of the Mattie Belle Davis Award. Continue Reading
Written by National Association of Women Judges | News