Erin Collins
@erincollins.bsky.social
Law Professor at the University of Richmond and former appellate public defender. Writing and thinking critically about criminal system change, especially data-driven reforms. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2286196
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“To say the need to facilitate relationships between incarcerated parents and their children is unique to women not only affirms traditional associations of women with caretaking but also is, quite simply, false.” — @erincollins.bsky.social on the wrongheadedness of “gender-responsive” prison reform
Pinkwashing Prisons - Erin Collins - Inquest
Efforts to improve incarceration for women ultimately support a system that is worse for all.
inquest.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“To say the need to facilitate relationships between incarcerated parents and their children is unique to women not only affirms traditional associations of women with caretaking but also is, quite simply, false.” — @erincollins.bsky.social on the wrongheadedness of “gender-responsive” prison reform
It was a pleasure to work with the editors @inquest.bsky.social again. Check out my new essay critiquing "gender-responsive" punishment practices.
In our latest, legal scholar @erincollins.bsky.social explains why efforts to improve incarceration for women ultimately support a system that is worse for all.
Pinkwashing Prisons - Erin Collins - Inquest
Efforts to improve incarceration for women ultimately support a system that is worse for all.
inquest.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It was a pleasure to work with the editors @inquest.bsky.social again. Check out my new essay critiquing "gender-responsive" punishment practices.