Women Beyond Walls
Around the world, nearly one million women are behind bars — and that number is rising. Often this is not for serious crimes, but because they are poor, because they’ve survived violence, or because the system failed them long before a conviction.
Women Beyond Walls is a podcast that takes you beyond tired prison stereotypes to listen to real-life stories from incredible individuals: from women who have lived through incarceration, as well as from those reimagining what justice could look like.
- Update frequency
- every 44 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Imprison a Mother, Imprison a Family, with Dr. Shona Minson
Some say that when you imprison a mother, you imprison a family. Today, Dr. Shona Minson, Researcher at Oxford University’s Centre for Criminology, shares her groundbreaking work on the often invisib…
Pregnant Women Don’t Belong in Prison, with Pamela Winn
Pamela Winn discovered she was pregnant while incarcerated in the USA. Shackled during transport and denied proper medical care, she endured harsh conditions no pregnant woman should face.
Today, Pame…
From Poverty to Punishment with Olivia Rope
From unpaid fines to laws that punish women for surviving violence, the system is locking up women who are simply trying to survive. Instead of addressing root causes, we’re criminalising poverty.
In …
When Does Poverty Become a Crime? with Teresa Njoroge
Today, Teresa Njoroge asks us to look beyond poverty and see the potential in women caught up in the criminal legal system.
Teresa is a former banker in Kenya who was imprisoned with her 3-month-old …
Women Beyond Walls Season 2
Across the world, women are being locked up in growing numbers—often not for serious crimes, but because they are poor, they’ve survived violence, or the system failed them.
In Season 2 of the Women B…
Beyond Holloway: Creativity Unchained
On the final episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, host Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation with Lady Unchained, the Founder and Creative Director of Unchained Poet…
Beyond the Industrial Prison Complex - Debbie Kilroy
On the fifth episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Debbie Kilroy OAM, the CEO of Sisters Inside, one of Queensland’s leading …
Beyond the Barriers of Incarceration - Jhody Polk
On the fourth episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Jhody Polk, the Founder/Director of the Legal Empowerment and Advocacy Hu…
Breaking the Bias and Beyond - Samantha Chong
On the third episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by Samantha Chong, a former prosecutor and practicing criminal defence lawyer…
Looking Beyond Stereotypes - Simitie Lavaly
On the second episode in the inaugural season of the Women Beyond Walls podcast, host Sabrina Mahtani is joined in conversation by her friend and former colleague Simitie Lavaly from Sierra Leone. Si…
Beyond Death Row - Susan Kigula
Introducing: Women Beyond Walls
Over 741,000 women are in prison worldwide. The rate of women’s incarceration is growing at a faster rate than that of men’s. Women Beyond Walls is a podcast that takes you beyond tired prison stereo…