For this report, Survived & Punished NY (S&P NY) and the International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School surveyed and interviewed members of S&P NY who are incarcerated in NYS and identify as survivors of GBV. The report examines how these survivors struggled to escape GBV because they did not receive even the most basic resources or support to create safety for themselves. Without this infrastructure, they resorted to conduct that has been criminalized. The report analyzes how New York State, by criminalizing survivors for conduct that occurred under circumstances the state could have prevented, perpetuates gender-based discrimination and gender-based violence.

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