Podcast on Crimes Against Women

Jailhouse Lawyers and the Fight for Women's Freedom

June 12, 2023 Conference on Crimes Against Women Season 4 Episode 21
Jailhouse Lawyers and the Fight for Women's Freedom
Podcast on Crimes Against Women
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Podcast on Crimes Against Women
Jailhouse Lawyers and the Fight for Women's Freedom
Jun 12, 2023 Season 4 Episode 21
Conference on Crimes Against Women

We continue our conversation about the Tulane University School of Law Women's Prison Project to explore the work of jailhouse lawyers within women's prisons in the state of Louisiana. Hannah Groedel, the Emil Gumpert Access to Justice Legal Fellow at Tulane Law, leads the effort to educate and support jailhouse lawyers, also known as counsel subs. Ms. Groedel joins the conversation to provide an overview of the work, its challenges and the long road to justice that women experience when wrongfully incarcerated.

This episode was recorded on location at the 2023 CCAW and discusses incarceration, gender-based violence, and discrimination.

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We continue our conversation about the Tulane University School of Law Women's Prison Project to explore the work of jailhouse lawyers within women's prisons in the state of Louisiana. Hannah Groedel, the Emil Gumpert Access to Justice Legal Fellow at Tulane Law, leads the effort to educate and support jailhouse lawyers, also known as counsel subs. Ms. Groedel joins the conversation to provide an overview of the work, its challenges and the long road to justice that women experience when wrongfully incarcerated.

This episode was recorded on location at the 2023 CCAW and discusses incarceration, gender-based violence, and discrimination.