Victoria Law | |
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Born | Jamaica, Queens, New York City |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brooklyn College |
Notable works | Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women |
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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.