E.p.i.c
End Poverty and InCarceration for Women and Girls.
Who We Are
The Ladies of Hope Ministries (The LOHM) mission is to create alternatives to incarceration, decarceration and post incarceration opportunities by providing access to resources for education, entrepreneurship, and sustainability through advocacy.
Sustainability
Hope House
Angel Food Delivery Service
Pathways 4 Equity
Advocacy & Engagement
E.P.I.C Ambassadors/PPAP
Faces Of Women Imprisoned
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Kathy Morse
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Lauren Reed
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Moni Banks
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Nerika Jenkins
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Promise Mebrtatu
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Starling Thomas
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Terri Minor-Spencer
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Tia Ryans
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Vivianne Guevara
Public Defender and Restorative Circle Keeper
Wendi Cooper
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Ayana Thomas-Bazile
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Dee Rainer
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Ivy Woolf Turk
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Halimah Washington
FOWI Graduate Class of '20
Our Landscape
By The Numbers
The effect of mass incarceration on women and girls
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According to a June 2019 report by The Sentencing Project, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 750% between 1980 and 2017, rising from 26,378 to 225,060. This is the result of stiffer drug sentencing laws, underdiagnosed and untreated trauma and mental health issues, and post-conviction barriers to reentry that uniquely affect women. The female incarcerated population stands nearly eight times higher than in 1980.
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Source: Bronson, J. and Carson, E.A. (2019). Prisoners in 2017.
Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
63% women in state and federal prisons have been convicted of non-violent crimes. That figure jumps to 82% for women in local jails.
86% of women in jail have been victims of sexual violence or trauma.
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Source: Ramona R. Rantala (2018). Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult
Correctional Authorities, 2012-15. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Source: Elizabeth Swavola, Kristine Riley, Ram Subramanian (2016). Overlooked: Women and
Jails in an Era of Reform. New York: Vera Institute of Justice.
Reports of sexual victimization for people in prison increase by 281% between 2011 and 2015. And while women represented 13% of the jail population between 2009 and 2011, they represented 67% of the victims of sexual violence
69% of women in prison and 72% of women in jail meet the diagnostic criteria for drug dependence and abuse.
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Source: Bronson, J., Stroop, J., Zimmer, S., Berzofsky, M. (2017),. Drug Use, Dependence, and Abuse
Among State Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2007-2009. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Resources
The LOHM Office:
8 W 126 Street
New York, NY 10027
