Victoria Law is a freelance journalist and author. She frequently writes about the intersections between mass incarceration, gender and resistance.
Her books include Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women (PM Press 2009), Prison By Any Other Name:The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reform (New Press 2020), and “Prisons Make Us Safer” and 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration (Beacon Press 2021). Her forthcoming book–Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration—is forthcoming from Haymarket (September 2024).
Victoria is also the co-editor of Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities (PM Press 2012) and has worked with other published authors to ensure that their ideas are clearly articulated in ways that engage a wide range of readers.
From 2003 to 2020, she was the publisher of the zine Tenacious: Art and Writings by Women in Prison. She has also worked with incarcerated women to develop their writings for other publications.
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