Tamar Kraft-Stolar and Jaya Vasandani interview, part 2, 2023-12-01

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Identifier: 5

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Tamar Kraft-Stolar and Jaya Vasandani interview, part 2

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Scope and Contents

This oral history was conducted by Adam Johnson on December 1st, 2023. The narrators give insight into the organizing strategies of the CWP as they relate to efforts such as the 2009 anti-shackling campaign, the 2015 anti-shackling campaign, and access to Medicaid during incarceration. They emphasize the importance of centering the experiences and voices of formerly incarcerated people, touching on projects related to topics of housing, reentry, and healthcare. Jaya and Tamar discuss the scale of organizing that contributed to the CWP's campaigns. The next part of the interview examines the impact of legislation such as the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA) and the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) Expanded Discretion Law. Jaya details the data available related to the implementation of the DVSJA; Tamar further elaborates on the DVSJA's legacy and identifies it as a model for other organizations' efforts. The Survivors Justice Project and the Women and Justice Project are also mentioned. The interview concludes with a discussion about the importance of community.

Dates

Creation: 2023-12-01

Creator

From the Collection: Coalition for Women Prisoners (Organization)

Access

Access to Rhea Mallett's oral history interview in series 5 is restricted at the requsest of the donor: the interview may not be made available online; digital files may be sent to individual researchers accompanied with a note prohibiting online reproduction. Otherwise, this collection has no restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Narrators retain all copyright for this interview but grant Barnard College a nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials. No portion of the interview shall be used in any publication or broadcast in any media format, including on the internet, without prior notification to and consent by the narrators.