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Making Contact
"Making Contact" is produced by International Media Project, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1994, committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is National Radio Project, the team that creates Making Contact.
Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds, others are being sterilized, some say, against their will. Correctional institutions claim the policies are for safety’s sake, and that consent is always obtained. But others see a larger pattern at work. On this edition of Making Contact, from shackling to sterilization, thousands of incarcerated people are struggling to maintain control over their own reproductive health.
Featured speakers/guests:
Courtney Hooks, Justice Now! campaign and communications director; Tina Reynolds, Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH) co-founder and chair; Samantha Rogers, California Coalition for Women Prisoners program assistant; Karen Shain, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children former policy director; Victoria Law, Resistance Behind Bars author; Kimberly, formerly incarcerated mother; Joe Higgins, Rappahannock Regional Jail Superintendent; Carolyn Sulfrin, former prison nurse.
