Jessica Sylvia

I'm a Woman in a Men's Prison. This Is My Story

The guard in front of me was demanding to know if I was wearing a compression garment. "You are free to searc...

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November 4, 2021

Jessica Phoenix Sylvia

Jessica Phoenix Sylvia is a soon-to-be formerly incarcerated trans woman. You can follow her on Twitter @Abol...

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April 26, 2022

Press and the Prison w/ Jessica Phoenix Sylvia (11/10/22) by Death Panel

Beatrice speaks with Jessica Phoenix Sylvia about prison book bans, how simple it is for prison officials to...

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November 10, 2022

I'm a Woman Locked in a Men's Prison

At about 8 a.m. on April 3, I was pepper sprayed by prison guards as they broke up a fight between two men in...

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June 15, 2022

Prison Officials Punished Me With Solitary - Against Their Own Rules

My experience as a trans woman forced to live in a men's prison in Washington State is barbaric and dehumaniz...

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December 6, 2021

As Prison Staff Try to Erase Queer and Trans People, We Assert Our Right to Exist

Incarcerated LGBTQ people are finding creative ways to claim public space and gather in solidarity. As I sit ...

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September 12, 2021

How the Justice System Erases Trans Identities | Dame Magazine

This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. During our end of year fundin...

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May 17, 2021

It's Time to Get Back to the Radical Revolutionary Roots of Pride in 2022 - OUT FRONT

I, like many others, am trying to figure out what Pride means in 2022. As a trans woman being released from p...

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June 15, 2022

I'm a Trans Woman. I'm Celebrating Pride From a Men's Prison.

What is it like for a trans woman living in prison during LGBTQ Pride month in 2021? No two trans people's ex...

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December 7, 2022

Listen to Your Transcestors

Most of us have heard the saying, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." After studyi...

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September 22, 2021

"We Don't Live Single-Issue Lives"

The recent controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle's act, which features shocking jokes about trans people, ha...

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December 7, 2022

The Press In Prison

The Press in Prison is a Scalawag Media guidebook for journalists. Illuminating the need for incarcerated voi...

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August 31, 2021

Prison Book Bans, Protect Mass Incarceration

Reading helped me find the language and ideas to dream of new worlds. In prison, I educated myself, and I can...

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December 7, 2022

Jessica Phoenix Sylvia Reclaims Herself After Men's Prison

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August 25, 2022

OutSources - Striving towards an Abolitionist Future: A Conversation with Jessica Phoenix Sylvia

Jessica Phoenix Sylvia speaks with OutSources about her experience fighting for trans rights and working towa...

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December 7, 2022

OutSources: Fighting for Trans Rights from Prison - An Interview with Jessica Phoenix Sylvia

Host Sean Kenney with Jessica Phoenix Sylvia, who has fought for transformative justice as a trans woman livi...

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April 25, 2022

What It's Like to Experience Solitary Confinement as an Incarcerated Trans Woman

Jessica Phoenix Sylvia is a trans woman who has experienced solitary confinement. This is her story of learni...

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April 25, 2022

(Re)Imagining Home in the Crisis of the 'Prison Fix'

I just turned seventeen and was kicked out for being trans. My mother simply did not accept me or understand...

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December 7, 2022

The Prison is Censorship.

The Prison is Censorship is a panel discussion between and amongst incarcerated and formerly incarcerated peo...

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September 2, 2023

076 - Prison Information Access feat. Jessica Sylvia | librarypunk

This week we're joined by Jessica Sylvia to talk about prisons as places of censorship, parole boards, and ar...

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March 13, 2023

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