Women's Justice & Freedom Initiative

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07/29/2022

Our sisters from across the country!!! We love you and support you!!! If you’re in or near Florida please GO to this event!!

Please join WJFI and ACLU of VT for a candidate forum!! SA’s are the most powerful people in our criminal legal system
07/27/2022

Please join WJFI and ACLU of VT for a candidate forum!! SA’s are the most powerful people in our criminal legal system

WJFI's has long been a community favorite feature of our social media presence. See this week's throwback from an 1882...
06/09/2022

WJFI's has long been a community favorite feature of our social media presence. See this week's throwback from an 1882 report of prison guards' salaries at the Vermont State Penitentiary (Windsor.)

06/08/2022

For some time now, WJFI's Instagram has hovered at just under 1,000 followers. We are constantly receiving emails and DM's from interested community members and volunteers looking to help support our mission and vision. Something you can do right now? Tell a friend to tell a friend. Follow us on all social media platforms and donate to our organization on wjfi.org. Support grassroots organizations doing abolition work led by formerly incarcerated folks!

Artwork from folks incarcerated inside CRCF, donated specially to WJFI.
06/07/2022

Artwork from folks incarcerated inside CRCF, donated specially to WJFI.

Pride was a riot. Let's honor its legacy, not with corporate branding or rainbow capitalism, but instead by realizing th...
06/03/2022

Pride was a riot. Let's honor its legacy, not with corporate branding or rainbow capitalism, but instead by realizing the vision of . WJFI is proud to always have been a Q***r Celebratory organization: though our name is not reflective of a divergence from the gender binary (we are working on this internally), we rejoice in creative and honest gender expression. We see you and we love you! Happy Pride, community.

WJFI is on a mission to educate our community about the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) in Vermont. We do the research s...
06/01/2022

WJFI is on a mission to educate our community about the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) in Vermont. We do the research so you don't have to. Let's work together to allocate huge amounts of money like this towards restorative justice instead of mass incarceration.

05/27/2022

Friday on a 3-day weekend feels like a reprieve from work and school... if you're not incarcerated, that is. While you're celebrating time with your friends and family, don't forget to advocate for .

Throwback Thursday: undated photo of Vermont's former Windsor Prison and the property.Written in a 1975 New York Times a...
05/26/2022

Throwback Thursday: undated photo of Vermont's former Windsor Prison and the property.

Written in a 1975 New York Times article, upon the selling of Windsor Prison:

"“God help anyone who buys it,” muttered one correction department official.

Among the crowd at this morning's ceremonies was Robert Murray, a short, leathery looking man who had spent 25 years in the old prison on a murder charge.

Asked what he thought of the closing of the prison, he said softly, “Beautiful.”'

The work necessary to decarcerate our communities is being done by grassroots organizations led by formerly incarcerated...
05/24/2022

The work necessary to decarcerate our communities is being done by grassroots organizations led by formerly incarcerated and incarcerated folx, yet local politicians continue to ignore it and lean towards expanding the prison industrial complex here in Vermont. We've already mapped out the solution to mass incarceration, split up into 5 tenets.

05/23/2022

For so many in Vermont, summer signifies adventure, fun activities, and nature. You might go hiking, biking, or swimming in the lake. But for folks incarcerated around the state, restorative and healthy activities are not an option. In fact, prison conditions are notoriously unhealthy, especially in cases of extreme weather and heat––heat just like we've seen in Burlington over the past few weeks. As some of us retreat into the relief of an AC, WJFI will still be fighting to .

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187 St. Paul Street, Suite 103
Burlington, VT
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