Victoria Law

Victoria Law
Victoria Law at an ABC No Rio Halloween open house
Victoria Law at an ABC No Rio Halloween open house
BornJamaica, Queens, New York City
Occupation
  • Freelance writer and editor
  • Prison abolition activist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrooklyn College
Notable worksResistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
Website
victorialaw.net

Victoria Law, familiarly known as Vikki Law, is an American anarchist activist, prison abolitionist, writer, freelance editor, and photographer. Her books are Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women (2009, 2012), Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities (edited with China Martens, 2012), Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms (co-authored by Maya Schenwar, 2020), and Prisons Make Us Safer: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration (2021). Corridors of Contagion: Now the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration will be released in September 2024.