
Justice Is Setting Them Free: Women, Drug Policies, and Incarceration in Latin America
“Justice condemns women with a double penalty for being a woman… especially as a low-income woman, you’re invisible in the…
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“Justice condemns women with a double penalty for being a woman… especially as a low-income woman, you’re invisible in the…
Contents Executive Summary Introduction I. Abuse by CBP and Border Patrol: two accountability pathways II. The DHS accountability process: Four…
The International Office for Human Rights Office-Action Colombia (Oidhaco) coordinated a shadow report with a coalition of sixty-seven international coordination…
In Guatemala, human rights defenders, independent judges and prosecutors, journalists, and Indigenous leaders are under assault as part of a…
I write the first draft of this postscript to the IEANPE’s assessment of the implementation of the Ethnic Chapter of…
Between February 2021 and May 2021, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) worked with Colombia-based consultants and partners to…
For centuries, criminal laws, justice systems, and prisons have been designed for, and by, men. The 2010 United Nations Rules…
Women’s incarceration in Latin America has increased dramatically over the last two decades. Not only have the sheer numbers increased,…
COVID-19 has shed light on the need for governments across the Americas to take steps to address prison overcrowding, given…
As Latin American countries continue to grapple with worsening prison conditions, overcrowding, and the potentially devastating impact of COVID-19 in…
Across Latin America, women who grow coca and opium poppy often play a major role in fighting for social change…
Washington, D.C.—A new report released today shows how harsh drug policies have spurred the overuse of pretrial detention in Latin…
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