7. The Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline

Content Warning: This episode will contain discussion of trauma-related events and impacts including sexual assault, interpersonal or domestic violence, grief, and loss. This week we invited the cofounder of the Michigan Prison Doula Initiative and a current Program Associate at the Michigan Criminal Justice Program of the American Friends Service Committee to speak with us about various forms of pre-carceral trauma individuals may experience, specifically interpersonal and structural trauma. Jacqueline Williams discusses with us the ways in which trauma during childhood, trauma prior to incarceration, and the resulting physiological reactions to trauma are criminalized, especially for girls and women. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. For information on our sources for this episode, view our transcript. Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions and Fesliyan Studios.